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Where did the name Queen Latifah come from? Andy Cleveland GRAND RAPIDS, MICH...
...stared down the Soviets with intermediate-range missiles, when F.D.R. went off on a Caribbean cruise and dreamed up the lend-lease program - and then managed to sell it to a highly skeptical public - all represent moments of leadership that required brinkmanship as well as salesmanship, a flair for grand strategy as well as a fine sense of tactics...
...Atonement, when Jews itemize their sins, is that "repentance, prayer and charity can annul" God's harshest judgment. Charity, he notes, can come even from those hit hard by economic blight: "There's a belief that charity from a poor person might be more meaningful than a grand gesture from the wealthy." Imam Ali cites a hadith (a saying of the Muslim prophet) in which Mohammed, in the face of persecution, prays to God, both admitting that his troubles may result from his own mistakes and asking him to "forgive my people because they are ignorant...
...Plays in a country band called Honky Tonk Confidential, which made its Grand Ole Opry debut on Oct. 5. "I may be moderating the third presidential debate, but I'm not feeling near the pressure," Schieffer told the Washington Post of his Opry debut...
...thing, the grand design of conservationism is to create reserves, protected areas like national parks where wildlife can live free from the impact of human populations. That strategy has been overwhelmingly successful, but conservationists now fear that global warming could make those reserves meaningless, if animals that are accustomed to a different climate can't survive in them. "We're used to focusing on protecting real estate," says Schweiger. "Now we have to be able to make sure animals can move to safe areas...