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...Washington Post and the New York Times and ramped up congressional debate over U.S. aid to El Salvador. In the end, the U.S. continued to support its ally, which in the '90s passed a law exempting the army from prosecution. But Amaya, who returned to her country as a lay pastor in '90, had changed the way the story would be told...
...theology to grapple with seemingly inexplicable facts.But despite the expansiveness and complexity of these topics, Polkinghorne works to keep the book accessible.It is divided into four major chapters, each of which consists of several brief summaries and comparisons of topics in theology and physics. Though this demarcation benefits lay readers with average attention spans, it also prevents Polkinghorne from exploring any one concept in great depth. Often, the reader is introduced to a fascinating idea, only to have it almost immediately abandoned for another concept.Though “Quantum Physics and Theology” would be a shoddy introduction...
...Evidence of growing White House sensitivity to the politically charred controversy surfaced yesterday when Dan Bartlett, one of Bush's top advisers, made a lengthy appearance in Mexico to lay out the White House version of events. Calling Gonzales "a stand-up guy," Bartlett stressed the President's full support for his attorney general...
Barros was buried at the weekend in his mountaintop village of Houba, 100 km southeast of Dili. More than 500 people filed into his plain farm cottage to view Barros' body as it lay in an open coffin beneath photographs of him and Reinado. Barros' distraught widow wants the East Timorese and Australian governments to pay for her three children's education. Midway through the funeral, an ISF helicopter flew slowly overhead. Local youths called out, "F__k off, Aussie," but the majority of mourners said they did not hold Australia responsible for Barros' death. Some, however, said...
...behind her laptop, sending off an e-mail petition against the film to half of Tehran, while my husband leafed through a book on the Achaemenid Empire, noting that Herodotus had estimated the Persian army at 120,000 men, not one million as the film claimed. The morning newspaper lay on the table with the headline "300 AGAINST 70 MILLION!" (the population of the country). It was echoed by the evening news: "Hollywood has opened a new front in the war against Iran...