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There are no right answers with nerdity. There’s no 12-step program for recovery. No Public Service Announcements to warn you of the deleterious effects of mixing five-hour labs with poor personal hygiene. The only support network you have are other former nerds. You look at a relatively well-dressed, socially competent individual, and you share that split-second glimmer, wherein you both silently acknowledge each other’s nerded past, and then you quickly move...
...Vatican, whose influence in Italy has helped maintain a role for Catholicism in public schools, including hiring church-approved teachers for religion hour, lashed out at what it called the latest "ideological" ruling from Strasbourg. "The court wanted to ignore the role of Christianity in forming Europe's identity, which was and remains essential," Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said in a statement on Nov. 3. "Religion gives a precious contribution to the formation and moral growth of people, and it's an essential component in our civilization. It's wrong and myopic to try to exclude it from education...
...world's fastest-growing markets. Due to government rules aimed at protecting the public from what are perceived to be unwelcome foreign cultural influences, awareness of the Disney brand in China lags that of the rest of the world. Unlike in the U.S., where Disney operates a 24-hour TV channel and radio station, the company's presence in China is limited to a dozen hours of programming a week on local stations, five Disney-branded English-language schools in Shanghai and sales of Disney merchandise. In the past two years, Disney has produced two children's films...
After a four hour wait, the Cambridge Public School Committee election results were to be announced. The three candidates present, Patricia M. Nolan ’80, Alan R. Steinert, Jr. ’58. and Alice L. Turkel stood with the rest of the Cantabrigian present to hear the results...
...ferry passengers across to Don Det and other islands. As for the timing of your visit, well, now would be good. All the disquieting signs of backpacker tourism are appearing - the Internet cafés, cheap pizza parlors and beach bars blasting reggae. There are rumors, too, of 24-hour electricity: great for business, not so good for lovers of sublime escapes. Just as well there are still many more islands to choose from...