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RESIGNED. JOHN ASHCROFT, 62, embattled U.S. Attorney General; after a tenure characterized by controversy; in Washington. Mistrusted by Democrats, in part for his staunch religious conservatism, Ashcroft was criticized by civil libertarians after Sept. 11 for the Patriot Act, legislation they felt gave too much power to law enforce-ment. White House counsel Alberto Gonzales has been nominated to replace...
...past, a Pixar human was essentially a model of hollow skin, which was manipulated to mimic human body move- ment. The computer models for the lead cast of The Incredibles had muscles over which a sheath of skin was placed. So when Bob or Helen moves, it's the muscle that's animated, which causes the skin to move, which in turn gives the humans a much more solid presence. The Pixar team also worked hard to make the fabrics realistic (it took three months to nail one brief scene of Bob sticking his finger through a hole...
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...aloof?" cried the Psalmist, eventually concluding that the reason was human disobedience and sin. By Jesus' time, Jewish temple ritual included regular sin sacrifices freighted with hopes for reconciliation, or atonement, with God. (The word's original English meaning of unity is evident in its three syllables: at-one-ment.) By around A.D. 57, when the Apostle Paul wrote the New Testament book Romans, it was clear that Christians would want to reconfigure reconciliation around the life, death and Resurrection of Christ...
...THINK HILLARY CLINTON HAS DONE AS A SENATOR? She has a very different philosophy, a very different approach to govern-ment. So it would be hard from my perspective and philosophy to evaluate her performance. For example, I am a very, very big supporter of a reduction in the capital-gains tax and a reduction in taxation to stimulate the economy. I saw it work as mayor of New York City. I reduced the hotel-occupancy tax 30plus percent, and the hotel-occupancy receipts went up 60 percent. Lower federal tax rates mean more dollars in the New York economy...