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...Although the burly, ruddy-faced "guy's guy" is known to speak warmly of his love for the Milwaukee Brewers during his homespun homilies and has a penchant for whiskey and beer (typically Miller), he's a devoted, albeit genial, enforcer of Rome's conservative ideologies. On matters of doctrine, Dolan adheres to the course laid out firmly by Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI - one that includes unflinching support for policies concerning priestly celibacy, abortion, birth control, divorce and gay marriage. (See pictures of Pope Benedict XVI visiting America...
...natural performer, he looked a bit like Leo McKern, who played Mortimer's most famous barrister, the blustery, homespun Horace Rumpole of the Bailey. The TV series ran in England, off and on, from 1978 to 1992 and repeated its success...
...pagos Islands, Charles Darwin surmised that animals can develop unique traits when they evolve in isolation. In the tennis world, Rafael Nadal is such an animal. Based on the island of Majorca, Nadal and his family shunned mainstream training programs as he grew up, preferring the more homespun methods of Rafael's uncle Toni, whose tennis credentials consist of a brief stint competing on the national circuit. Passing up funding from Spain's national tennis academy, and scholarship money from America's private academies, Rafael and Toni would travel to the mainland only when a tournament required it. More skillful...
...House Minority Leader John Boehner also used the homespun phrase in April, telling reporters that Republican fundraising efforts were far from where they needed to be to ensure victory in November. "Right now our fundraising sucks," Boehner said. "There's no other way to put it. There's no use putting lipstick...
Palin has a predictably homespun answer. "As the mother of five, I know how to multitask," said the governor in a recent statement. But it's clear that Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell, 46, will pick up a number of executive functions while Palin - midway through a four-year gubernatorial term - multitasks elsewhere...