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...into idiomatic English. Who knew, for example, that “drawing the curtains” didn’t involve a pencil and a sketchbook? Or that dressing the turkey—unlike dressing the dog—didn’t call for a sweater and a pair of argyle socks? Read in college, on the other hand, Amelia Bedelia looks less like an amusing language lesson than a perfect modern parable for the restrictive role that language plays in socioeconomic class mobility, particularly among immigrant populations...
Still, Vatican watchers say it remains an open question if the Benedict-Bertone team--which may have been effective in imposing orthodoxy on wayward theologians when the pair ran the doctrinal office--has the worldly vision and institutional muscle to impose their will on the 1.1 billion--strong universal church...
With each team in the Ancient Eight having played at least two league games, things are shaping up, not surprisingly, as Penn and the Seven Dwarfs. The Quakers have the two best players in the league, and won their first pair of league road games by an average of 22 points...
...Katey Stone described the need for her team to get back in sync as “re-inventing the wheel.” But it will be hard to identify real or wheel change this weekend, as the Crimson meets conference also-rans Union and Rennselaer (RPI), a pair of opponents it is sure to roll over. “I think we need to get ourselves back where we were before Christmas,” Stone said yesterday, “before we got banged up. To get back that chemistry and work ethic and get rolling here...
They may also turn out to be France's fanciest thieves. So claimed the government last week as the baroness sat in a Swiss jail awaiting extradition and the baron was hauled away by French detectives. The pair was charged with possession of stolen goods; the goods being some of $5 million worth of jewelry taken from the Hotel Ritz last October, including a white-blue 44-carat diamond ring worth $2.5 million, a 6.65-carat pendant, a diamond-studded gold necklace, earrings and a gold watch...