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...grandmother that reads, "I'm so used to being nervous I get tense when I'm calm.") In advance of a recent Washington event, fund raisers were promised a picture with the President if they hit their quota of $20,000 each. Five days out, Oliver called to lay down the law. "We're going to be tight" on the photo rule, he warned. For an additional $30,000, a fund raiser landed an invite to Bush's ranch this summer--but only if the cash was deposited by the end of June. No pledges. No checks dated...
LIFE CYCLE Females hunt for standing water in which to lay their eggs. Four stages follow, which vary in length, depending on species...
...site of Franklin's home. Completed in 1766, the house was an object of great pride for Franklin, particularly the third-floor music room. Franklin chose this site for its strategic and symbolic value; determined to honor his leather-apron roots, he built the courtyard on a spot that lay squarely between posh and working-class neighborhoods. After he died, Franklin's grandchildren razed the place, thinking the property was worth more than the home. In 1976 architect Robert Venturi's ghost structure--a beam outline (to scale) of the home--was erected...
...bishops thought they were going to have a quiet get-together last week in St. Louis, Mo., the site of their annual spring meeting, they were quickly disabused of that notion. The resignation of Frank Keating, the former Oklahoma Governor who was chair of the Conference of Catholic Bishops' lay review board, reopened the festering controversy over whether the church has adequately dealt with the scandal arising from allegations of sexual abuse by priests...
Comfort-zone topics, such as the training of deacons, were discussed in sessions open to the public. But behind closed doors, the bishops explored an ambitious idea to help heal the church's wounds: the calling of a plenary council, a gathering of Roman Catholics, lay and cleric, from across the U.S., to discuss the sexual-abuse issue as well as other topics relating to the church's identity and mission. A growing number of bishops think such a drastic measure is the only way to get their church (and themselves) out of its spiraling moral and financial crisis...