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...John Barrett, the principal of Farmington High School, is a fervent disciple of the theories espoused in Thomas Friedman's book, The World Is Flat, about vanishing U.S. economic supremacy on the now-level global playing field, and he worries that complacent Americans are perilously close to sliding off the edge. He distributed copies of the book to teachers last spring and made it the sole topic for discussion at the first faculty meeting this fall. To build a less xenophobic student body, students are served a steady diet of internationally focused programs and projects...
...Damascus regime and lead to U.N. sanctions against Assad's clique. Hizballah pulled its six ministers out of the 24-seat Cabinet rather than vote to support an international court to prosecute the Hariri case, and the assassination of Gemayel, the scion of a powerful Christian family and a fervent anti-Syrian, was seen as further warning to Siniora. His Cabinet voted anyway to recommend an international tribunal into the Hariri killing, pushing Hizballah into the streets last week...
...renegade spy, Nov. 1 was a busy day. An official British citizen since the previous month, he met with former KGB contacts and an Italian informant for sushi and tea. Apparently, he was looking into the recent murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who had been a fervent critic of the Kremlin’s actions in Chechnya. Litvinenko fell ill soon thereafter, and less than three weeks later he died of poisoning at the intensive care unit of the University College Hospital in London. His renegade life might have ended but the media frenzy had just begun...
...teenager, Hunt adopted her father’s zealous anti-communist politics and her mother’s fervent brand of evangelical Christianity. She attended revivals and tried to convert strangers at beaches. Later in life, Hunt would redirect that fervor into both liberal philanthropic projects and politics...
Roman Catholicism's Christoph Cardinal Schönborn has dubbed the most fervent of faith-challenging scientists followers of "scientism" or "evolutionism," since they hope science, beyond being a measure, can replace religion as a worldview and a touchstone. It is not an epithet that fits everyone wielding a test tube. But a growing proportion of the profession is experiencing what one major researcher calls "unprecedented outrage" at perceived insults to research and rationality, ranging from the alleged influence of the Christian right on Bush Administration science policy to the fanatic faith of the 9/11 terrorists to intelligent design's ongoing...