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...Asian Catholic News Agencies Monday that Beijing blocked the pontiff?s plans to visit the territory -- where an estimated 370,000 Catholics reside -- on the grounds that the Vatican maintains diplomatic ties with Taiwan. In more confident times, China?s Communist Party leadership may have been prepared to overlook such a detail, but Beijing is in no mood to entertain unpredictable guests right now. "The challenge of the Falun Gong cult has rattled Beijing, and the official attitude is that they?ll allow personal freedom of worship, they?re inherently suspicious of proselytizing or attempts to convert people," says TIME...
...night were too busy watching pitcher Roger Clemens get shelled by the Atlanta Braves to notice the man in the box seat near the Yankee dugout. Eating a Lemon Chill, sipping a Deer Park water and looking casual in a white polo shirt, he might have been easy to overlook, except, as usual, at least a few people quickly noticed. There was the television crew that spotted him and flashed his face to New Yorkers watching the game at home. As always, he looked striking on camera. After the game, two securities traders from Staten Island summoned up the nerve...
These days, in the major leagues of philanthropy, nobody doesn't like Sara Lee. And charitable fund raisers are learning that nobody can afford to overlook the rising influence of women. Some, like Schupf, inherited their money, and a growing number earned it. But women in both camps are demanding more attention to their favorite causes and more influence over exactly how their donations are spent. Gone are the days when women's philanthropy referred only to sweet dears who ran the school auction or gussied up for the charity ball...
...What I was trying to do was bring out a story of a person that many people see every day but overlook, and I was trying to bring out her story and celebrate her life," Vincent said...
Undoubtedly, though, the Crimson will not overlook Wesleyan, especially with such a prize position in Easterns at stake...