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...success and scandals; and premature death. Socially poles apart, the onetime dental nurse born to poverty and the onetime nursery-school assistant born to nobility were the most prominent avatars of a wide strand of English celebrity culture, defiantly anti-intellectual and unashamedly emotional. "I suppose [Goody] was a kind of Princess Di from the wrong side of the tracks," mused comedian Stephen Fry on Twitter...
Goody was working to redeem her reputation by appearing with Shetty on the show's Indian version when she received the diagnosis of the cervical cancer that was to kill her. She met her fate with her own kind of grace, hawking interviews and pictures of her near deathbed wedding both to build a legacy for her sons and to boost cancer awareness. In the end, all publicity was Goody publicity...
...protect North Dakota's largest city. Though businesses, schools and streets have reopened, local officials are lobbying for permanent disaster-relief funding--in the past 12 years, the region has seen two hundred-year floods. As one city official said of Fargo's ceaseless battle with Mother Nature, "You kind of feel like it's a Bruce Willis film...
...Your approach is a bit U.S.-centric. While Calvinism is certainly gaining influence in the States, that influence pales in comparison with the global sway of charismatic Pentecostalism, which is transforming the religious landscape of the developing world. Sadly, no Christian movement, Calvinist or otherwise, currently has that kind of impact in American society. Richard Land, NASHVILLE...
Tonight’s event in Annenberg marked the start of Advising Fortnight--two weeks of random events hosted by professors, TFs, and students from various fields of study. Though these kind folk will attempt to guide you in your quest for the perfect concentration, beware young froshies, for you will most likely end up more confused than you were before receiving their illuminating counsel. More guidance, after the jump...