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...happens, Massoud cut a physical figure similar to the Italian, graceful and bearded, and they shared a nickname: Garibaldi was known as the Lion of Caprera, for the island off Sardinia where he lived his later years. Though different in many other ways, each lion understood the link between his cult and his cause...
There has been press speculation in Malaysia and abroad that the case may affect Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, a friend and associate of Abdul Razak. That is not yet clear. Heir-apparent Najib has denied any involvement in the case, and no evidence whatsoever has emerged linking him with the woman's death. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has promised that politics will not influence the outcome of the trial. But any link to such a lurid murder can't be good news for Malaysia's ruling party. The case will likely continue over the next couple months...
This notion that men and women are genetically, or even culturally, predisposed to different parenting roles strikes other researchers as misguided. They are quick to reject the idea that there is some link between X or Y chromosomes and, say, conditional or unconditional love. "To take something that is only a statistical tendency," says historian E. Anthony Rotundo, "and turn it into a cultural imperative -- fathers must do it this way and mothers must do it that way -- only creates problems for the vast number of people who don't fit those tendencies, without benefiting the children at all." While...
...Still, Google has publicly noted that every Street View window contains a link to take users to a help page, where they can report "objectionable" images. Asked about how many images had been removed thus far due to reports from users, Chau could not offer an exact number but said it had been negligible. He noted that the company has received mostly positive feedback, suggesting visitors are using the product as it was intended. "Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful... a significant amount of information can be found...
...This behavior is more than tiresome, because there is no reason to believe there's a real link between their troubles and their talents. An off-stage battle with booze or drugs doesn't necessarily add depth or soul to their performances. On the contrary, the history of show business is replete with sad stories that are redeemed by disciplined hard work. Plenty of stars refuse to trade on their hard-knock lives; they entertain us, not by forcing us to wallow in their miseries, but by causing us to forget our own for an hour...