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...district tend to want to keep religion out of politics," he says. But John McArdle, a staff writer for Roll Call, disagrees: "He draws you in with the story and then he speaks very well about policies," says McArdle. "He does a very good job of using that to hook people in and then talking about change and making charges against Garrett...
...face of the hook-up culture of casual sexual experimentation, he explains, with its potential physical and emotional risks, he wants to model an alternative. Even with older teenagers, many of these families don't believe in random dating but rather intentional dating, which typically begins with a young man's asking a father for permission to get to know his daughter. Lane was so stymied by how exactly that conversation would go that he even asked Randy Wilson if he could sit at a nearby table and listen in one day when Wilson met one of Khrystian's potential...
...this activism comes at a price. The Fed's rate cuts have fueled inflation and undermined the dollar, now trading at about $1.60 to the euro. The Treasury's willingness to backstop Fannie and Freddie, which together are on the hook for $5.2 trillion in mortgage debt--just slightly less than what the U.S. government owes investors--is already sparking a bit of worry about the soundness of T-bills and bonds. With more bailouts, that worry could snowball...
...surprising that the HIV discussion is so hard to have. Death isn't much of an aphrodisiac. But Chiasson and her colleagues have found that men who watch The Morning After are three times more likely to disclose their HIV status the next time they hook up. That's not a bad start...
With little in the way of furniture, hotels of both brands have reallocated money ordinarily spent on bureaus and armoires--where traditional hotels hide the TVs--toward spalike bathrooms and custom mattresses. Flat-screen TVs duplicate home-entertainment centers--guests can hook up their laptop or iPod to watch movies or rehearse PowerPoint presentations. High ceilings and oversize windows in the 275-to-325-sq.-ft. Aloft rooms make the room feel more spacious. NYLO's rooms have brick walls and concrete floors to create an urban-loft experience--and reduce cleaning costs...