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...important questions in such an attention-grabbing and strong manner, Bollinger forced Ahmadinejad to either respond—thus furthering discourse—or ignore Bollinger’s questions—revealing to everyone what a fool he truly is.It is a great shame that Ahmadinejad chose the latter. He gave ludicrous and non-committal answers such as “we [Iran] are a peace-loving nation…we love all nations” and “we are friends with the Jewish people.” Some of Ahmadinejad’s answers were simply...
...land from afar; herders are being relocated and it's now forbidden to graze on badly hit areas. The slow process of regrowth has started in limited areas, and the sand storms hitting Beijing have been less severe in the last few years. Though some scientists chalk uo the latter to fluctuations in weather, others say it's a sign that the grasslands are starting to return to health. "Maybe some places are getting better, but some places are getting worse," says Jiang Gaoming, a plant ecologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
...culpas that have largely supplanted the confessional booth. One oft mentioned cause is Vatican II, the 1960s church council whose reforms stressed what Pope John XXIII called "the medicine of mercy rather than that of severity." Since confession, with its accompanying penances, is all too often associated with the latter, many Catholics use Vatican II as a cue to scratch the sacrament from their to-do list. Some also cite Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical, Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life), which reaffirmed the church's ban on contraception. Because few U.S. Catholics consider birth control immoral, Humanae Vitae...
...turnovers through two games, they’re playing superbly on both sides of the ball in the red zone, and their special teams have been outstanding. Yale, according to at least one disreputable website, is a 2.5-point underdog in this game, so the bookies may think the latter...
...historic roots of polygamy in the region too have often made trying polygamy cases difficult and sensitive. Utah, a state founded by the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints - Mormons - rejected polygamy in the 1890s as it bid for statehood and now "wants to live down" the image. Says Gale, "Generally, Mormons believe it is a taboo subject." By making the case focus on child and domestic abuse laws, prosecutors avoided the touchy topic...