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...continuation of these trends will damage the scientific education of the American student. “Accepting intelligent design into the scientific curriculum would mean that students get a lousy education,” Hanken said. Hanken said that if intelligent design is discussed in a non-scientific manner, it could be acceptable in the classroom. “If you discuss intelligent design in the context of how science exists in a larger societal context, especially along with other non-scientific alternatives to evolution, that’s a different thing,” Hanken said. Hall said that...
...This was the first time that someone that I know directly was detained in this manner," Dzambukira wrote in an e-mail. "One of the things that surprised me was that a student clearly doing academic work would attract this kind of scrutiny," he added...
...invented the system that has helped keep Republicans in power for more than a decade. The once feared DeLay?whose office had been Abramoff's biggest claim to access and influence on Capitol Hill?announced he would resign as House majority leader. "I have always acted in an ethical manner within the rules of our body and the laws of our land," DeLay wrote in a letter to his G.O.P. colleagues, but added, "I cannot allow our adversaries to divide and distract our attention." Because of his tightfisted regime that rewarded loyalists and punished detractors, his departure is sure...
...Unlike Sharon, however, Olmert has none of the stricken leader's military and security credentials to shield him from attacks from the right. And his abrasive manner has earned him many enemies on both sides of Israel's ideological divide. Today, the acting prime minister is very much a centrist within the Kadima ranks. Olmert is not a particularly popular figure in Israel, but he is very ambitious - in 1999, he ran against Sharon in a primary for the Likud nomination for prime minister. Now, he'll stake his own claim for leadership by painting himself as the custodian...
...million action musical is unquestionably the most technically complex show ever devised, achieving marvels Broadway is too timid and strapped even to dream of. The first Cirque spectacle with a story line, KA traces the exploits of teenage twins separated from their parents and each other and encountering all manner of explosive mischief and beguiling romantic encounters. The plot, told without words, may be initially confounding, but KA works so magically on the visual, visceral and kinetic levels that an attentive viewer can feel the show's meaning. Seeing the show for the first time is like falling in love...