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...verse. They caution against broad-brushing a wide spectrum that ranges from pastors who crassly solicit sky's-the-limit financial offerings from their congregations to those whose services tend more toward God-fueled self-help. Advocates note Prosperity's racial diversity--a welcome exception to the American norm--and point out that some Prosperity churches engage in significant charity. And they see in it a happy corrective for Christians who are more used to being chastened for their sins than celebrated as God's children. "Who would want to get in on something where you're miserable, poor, broke...
...Norm Early, former Denver District Attorney and now spokesman for the National District Attorney's Association, says Lacy did nothing wrong. "If the DNA had come back as a match, no one would be questioning the fact that she brought him back and spent the money to do it. Everybody would be saying it was a brilliant move." Critics, however, say that among other things, Lacy grew too close to the Ramseys - she attended Patsy's funeral, they point out - and that she wasn't sufficiently skeptical of a mentally troubled trickster. If Lacy was duped, however...
...deepen their hole when they lost a 2004 referendum to oust Chavez and then boycotted parliamentary elections last year - a blunder that allowed Chavez allies to take 100% control of Venezuela's National Assembly and strengthened his seeming omnipotence. Since then, divisive infighting has been the opposition's norm...
Even if the B-sample ratio is also high, some antidoping experts say that could mean that Landis' body produced excess testosterone on its own. "We know there is a small percentage of the population who are going to have a natural production of testosterone that is above the norm," says Dine. Another possible explanation lies in what Landis consumed the night before his 125-mile comeback: he has admitted to trying to erase the worst performance of his career by downing some whiskey. Medical research has linked alcohol with an elevated T/E ratio...
...Covering 37 esoteric topics in over 530 hours of classroom and home study, and culminating in a 212-hour written paper and an oral exam in which the therapist must correctly diagnose a guest's ayurvedic mind and body type, the training is far more rigorous than the industry norm. Also unusual is the Peninsula Wellness program, designed to help guests maintain a healthy lifestyle in the hotel (with the aid of a "Guest Nutrition Consultant") and after their departure (via a take-home range of teas, essential oils, candles, CDs of soothing music and a cookbook). Not that guests...