Word: neighborism
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...marriage and the family. Marriage is holy, while homosexual acts go against the natural moral law." Muslim authorities are as adamantly opposed to it, and in France the Protestant Church has expressed reservations. Still, last year, predominantly (though only nominally) Catholic Belgium went almost as far as its northern neighbor, passing a law that gives all rights but adoption to homosexual couples. This summer the Belgian federal Parliament is expected to vote on a proposal to allow same-sex couples to adopt and, according to Socialist M.P. Karine Lalieux, it is likely to pass. "In Belgium we've been able...
...Australia and East Timor were at war over territory, the conflict would be called asymmetric. East Timor (pop. 800,000) is one of the world's poorest countries; its neighbor Australia (pop. 20 million) is among the richest. In their efforts to negotiate a permanent legal fence in the Timor Sea, the difference in firepower and tactics could hardly be greater. It is as if a small guerrilla force was facing an opponent that could call in air strikes at any moment. So far, the engagement has produced only bad blood and rancor...
...lost everything. I lost all my money and my false teeth. Even this head scarf I am wearing was given to me by a neighbor." Fatima Hussan, 75-year-old Palestinian resident of Rafah on the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, after the Israelis bulldozed her home...
...From the outside, the cloud of birds seems to move in obedience to one mind. In fact, Surowiecki writes, each starling is acting on its own, following four simple rules: "1) stay as close to the middle as possible; 2) stay 2 to 3 body lengths away from your neighbor; 3) do not bump into any other starling; 4) if a hawk dives at you, get out of the way." The result is safety, and a magical, organic coherence of motion--unconscious "wisdom...
...ground where his pop would like it. He's reluctant to pump in too much psychological analysis, although he gives in to occasional bouts of didacticism. The book, like the show, is best when the writer gets out of the way of the story. When young Timmy breaks a neighbor's window, what's poignant is not so much that his father makes him fess up as that Big Russ wraps the broken glass neatly in a shoe box so that "the guys" hauling it away won't cut themselves. --By John F. Dickerson