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...Mass immigration: International writers aren't covered by the WGA, so studios would say si to more foreign films. And A-list foreign-language directors like Pedro Almodovar, Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee would become the industry's go-to guys...
...been without its coxswain—might have failed, but Harvard’s last-place finish both ruined the Crimson’s quest for goal against the world’s best and relieved an International Olympic Committee fed up with the shaggy, revolutionary folk from Cambridge, Mass. The Harvard varsity returned home without a medal, disappointed by the results on the water and exhausted by the affairs off of it. Their protest proved the final chance for Harvard’s oarsmen to speak up in such a public way: in 1972, the U.S. Olympic committee changed...
...Gain with No Pain? Yoga in its original form is a multifaceted, millenniums-old discipline that spans physical, ethical, psychological and spiritual dimensions [Oct. 15]. In our mass-market Western world, those aspects of yoga have largely been jettisoned, and the physical is marketed as a hot new form of calisthenics. Used skillfully, the physical elements offer benefits such as enhanced flexibility, agility and body awareness. Used unskillfully, they can damage muscles and ligaments. Wise practitioners will proceed gently and carefully under a good teacher and eventually look beyond the physical to yoga's deeper potentials. Roger Walsh, M.D., Ph.D...
...Congress. “You know, I was expecting this question. Don’t worry, I will get out of it!” he quipped. Charges against Pamuk of “insulting Turkish identity” for remarks he made to a Swiss newspaper about the mass killing of Armenians in Turkey during World War I were later dropped in January 2006 following an international outcry. “Firstly, it is a moral issue. For me, it is a Turkish issue. And unfortunately, now it is getting to be more and more of an international issue...
...finding unity with other Christian denominations. Benedict has also made clear his desire to reinforce John Paul's good relations with Jews. But in recent months both those dialogues have suffered some nasty hiccups. First, in July, the Pope allowed for expanded use of the old-rite Latin Mass, which contains a Good Friday prayer that offends some Jews. A few days later, the Vatican's doctrinal office reiterated Benedict's stance - first stated when he was cardinal - that non-Catholic denominations of Christianity, excepting the Orthodox, are not true Churches because they cannot trace their hierachies back...