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...endemic recession, Asian economic might is still awe inspiring when you think about what these countries were like 40 or 50 years ago. They were starving now there's cell phones everywhere. There?s something quietly magnificent about so much economic might sitting down at a table together to lift everyone?s collective standard of living. Sure, it?s goofy when thousands of journalists and businessmen and do-good non governmental organizations swarm on a news event where the greatest tension is what the leaders will wear. (Each year at APEC the leaders pose for a group photo, donning...
...Church Divided U.K. Two days of crisis meetings in London between 37 Anglican primates failed to lift the threat of a schism in the worldwide church over the issue of homosexuality. In his attempts to keep the 70 million-strong Communion together, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams put aside his own personal views that same-sex partnerships, if stable and faithful, could be legitimate in God's eyes. His efforts were successful enough to secure a unanimous statement from deeply divided liberal and conservative primates. It warned that "the future of the Communion itself will be put in jeopardy...
...love the training relationship; I love that we go lift weights together and cheer each other on,” Lambert says. “I love that we’re big women and proud of it and proud that we’re strong and we love to eat. I think that the way that we relate to our bodies is really healthy...
...totally bollix the Democrats by delaying, or scrapping, his tax cut for the wealthiest Americans. He would give an Oval Office speech, profess his continuing belief in the mystical power of tax cuts--but cite the national emergency in Iraq and the jobless recovery at home. He might even lift General Clark's deft gambit (which Clark lifted from John Edwards): a $40 billion jobs program disguised as a homeland-security program that would include reinforcing bridges and tunnels against terrorist attack and enlarging the Coast Guard and Customs services. "If Bush did something like that," said a Democratic campaign...
...began half-speed to be sure everyone had the technique. The tackler would jog toward her partner, wrap up her legs, lift her off the ground and carry her a few steps...