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...fact, Héloir bans what he deems nonscriptural expressions of faith - a rule that's in line with France's law against religious symbols in state schools (except that law applies to crosses, too). "We have no head scarves here, no yarmulkes, no turbans, no hoods, piercings or tattoos," he says. "Students are here because they want to be, so they must adhere to our rules. Effort is made by everyone - that's what a community does...
...social mobility, and it gave us teenagers with butt implants. It gave us Manifest Destiny and reality TV. But it is part of what defines us. Maybe Smith made people uncomfortable because she crassly, gluttonously embodied ideals that are familiar, even celebrated, in American culture: determination, drive and the faith that the good are rewarded materially. "I think heaven's a beautiful place," she told Los Angeles magazine in 1994. "Gold. You walk on gold floors...
...real world, and just because a drug leads to a statistically significant improvement in, say, cholesterol levels doesn't guarantee that the desired effect--a healthier heart and a longer life--will follow. Often your doctor is left to make prescription decisions based at least in part on faith, bias or even an educated guess. That ought to be enough to spook even the least jumpy patient, but the fact is, recognizing just what a roll of the dice medicine can be may be a good thing...
...weapons development in return for two light-water nuclear power plants, from which it is difficult to generate the fissile material for bombs. Clinton's presidency ended before the power plants could be completed, and the projects today are derelict--evidence, in Pyongyang's eyes, of Washington's bad faith. But those who defend the Agreed Framework say that if Bush had followed through, six years of dangerous saber rattling--not to mention Kim's successful testing of a nuclear device--may have been avoided...
...much stronger than the one negotiated in '94 because it effectively isolates Kim. The Clinton deal was bilateral, whereas this time all North Korea's neighbors, including its closest ally, China, are co-signers, which should force Pyongyang to keep its promises and continue to bargain in good faith. The Chinese were infuriated by Kim's October nuclear blast--President Hu Jintao had publicly warned against such a test--and have ratcheted up the pressure accordingly. This "deal has muscle," argues Michael Green, a former Bush adviser on East Asian affairs, "because the Chinese have been very unhappy with...