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...course, the battle lines in the region have changed considerably since John Paul wagged his finger at Nicaraguan priest and Sandinista government minister Ernesto Cardenal on a trip to Managua in 1983, warning him to "straighten out the situation in your church." Catholics in Latin America continue to fight for social justice, and disagreements persist about just how and if welfare policy and religious piety should cohabitate. But after the specter of Marxism faded and John Paul proved to be a great champion of the poor, new alliances have formed. Liberation theologians still say and write things that...
What propels The Kabul Beauty School are the stories of its students. One of them faces shame and possible death because her husband-to-be is about to discover, on their wedding night, that she's not a virgin. (Rodriguez helps out with blood from her own finger, cleverly repackaged.) A young woman's husband insists she show her obedience by sleeping with other men; it turns out he's a pimp, and she narrowly avoids a lifetime of prostitution. Indeed, hardly a page goes by without somebody collapsing in sobs. Male readers especially will find the book sodden with...
Tornadoes are among the least predictable storms. It was a lifesaving triumph that forecasters were able to alert the people of Greensburg 20 minutes before the monster struck. But the sad spectacle of finger pointing and recriminations in the aftermath of disaster is becoming as predictable as the stoicism of survivors and the inevitable promises to rebuild...
...primarily to ... do with finger-pointing and what every country should be doing," she said. "This is helping the secretary-general influence and move the political process forward. ... The question is how do we move to avoid disaster...
Brown batted leadoff Saturday for the first time in 13 games. She had been the leadoff hitter for most of the season until sustaining a finger injury early on in league play...