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...confirming that America's largest rabbinical group would stand behind members who perform gay unions, many believe it took another brick from the wall that separates gays from mainstream America. Religion experts, however, say the biggest short-term impact of the decision may be to widen the gap between the Reform movement and other Jewish denominations and between Jews and other religions. Orthodox and Conservative rabbis, as well as some Christian groups, were quick to criticize the decision, saying it violates the teachings of the Torah and the Old Testament...
...Bush's watch. And although the structural reforms that made it happen were in place when Bush took office, he has built on them year after year. Black and Latino children have made galloping gains in math and reading scores during his years in office, narrowing the achievement gap that bedevils school systems around the country. Because of that, Bush has a chance to argue that he is both competent and compassionate--a message that was all but lost in the grim heat of his primary battles with John McCain...
Politically, the horizon doesn't look quite as rosy. Republicans are drooling over the potential to exploit Energy Secretary Bill Richardson's recent admission that the Clinton administration "was caught napping" on OPEC's actions to increase oil prices. In particular, they are likely to focus on the gap between the 2.3 million-barrels-a-day production increase that Richardson was asking for - a level that could have resulted in a price reduction - and the 1.7 million-barrel increase that appears likely. In a country that has embraced the gas-guzzling SUV with enthusiasm, look for Vice President Gore...
...said that she, Lewis and Avery had met with the Faculty's ad-hoc committee on diversity to discuss establishing a mentorship program for women in the sciences, aimed at filling the gap created by the demise of Radcliffe College's Science Alliance...
Attention, corporate America: do your research. Executives at the Gap offered the Pretenders' CHRISSIE HYNDE $100,000 to use her song Stop Your Sobbing in an "Everybody in Leather" ad campaign, only to learn that Hynde--a vegetarian since 1969--is an activist for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Faster than you can say publicity nightmare, Hynde and PETA went on the offensive, staging protests outside Gap stores in Chicago, Washington and New York City, where Hynde was arrested last Thursday for criminal mischief. Specifically, PETA objects to the Gap's use of leather from India and China...