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...fast as rural people are streaming into India's exploding cities and logging companies are cutting down sacred groves, the traditions that have sustained the devout for generations are being threatened. The maker of sacred sculptures tells us how his son, though he has inherited the ancestral gift, wants to become a computer engineer, preferring a comfortable future to a way of life that has lasted over 700 years. The son of a dreadlocked Tantric sadhu is "an accountant with Tata." A temple dancer sees two teenage daughters die within six months of each other, thanks...
...with insurgents in Afghanistan, as Reagan did with the U.S.S.R., there's no guarantee he'll succeed. The threats facing America cannot be willed away. Defusing them will ultimately require the mix of firm resolve and patient diplomacy practiced by successful American statesmen throughout the Cold War. Reagan's gift was his ability to speak candidly about the realities of the age while still presenting, and working toward, an optimistic vision of the future. He sensed when the right risk might be rewarded. Obama's challenge now is to do the same...
...Creation is a gift from god, it’s an absolute sin to destroy, abuse and harm it in the ways we’ve done,” Cederholm said. “I want my grandchildren to have an earth with the resources and beauty we have all been blessed with. We need to repent, repair, and renew the creation of the earth...
...touted a cell phone (a gift, she beamed with an endearing mix of shyness and pride, from her North Korean boyfriend). Cockerell says that up to 50,000 personal cells are rumored to be in use in Pyongyang. There are three models - all Chinese brands - available in local shops and priced roughly between $210 to $280. Locals can use them to arrange meetings at Pyongyang's new and popular fried-chicken restaurant (the colloquial term for fried chicken there is kentucky, and a mixed platter is about $12.50 or the equivalent in euros, which is the preferred foreign currency...
...Perhaps most notoriously, Teitel is accused of sending a booby-trapped gift basket in March 2008 to the home of an American family in Israel who belonged to a messianic Jewish sect. The homemade bomb seriously wounded a 15-year-old boy, Ami Ortiz, severing two of his toes, damaging his hearing and threatening his promising basketball career. (Read "As Tensions Rise, Jerusalem Could Pose a New Crisis...