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...margins. A recent poll by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that a quarter of the country's cradle Catholics had left the fold. But they are being replaced by a few converts and a lot of (Mass attending!) Hispanic immigrants, and remarkably, such churn is about par across the American religious landscape...
...past three albums. If memory serves--and the thick layer of dust coating 1998's Up, 2001's Reveal and 2004's Around the Sun is a stern warning to let it--these records paled in comparison with R.E.M.'s earlier, essential material but were right on a par with Woody Allen's recent output. Which is to say, there were vestigial hints of artistry but a disturbing lack of purpose and energy. Facing the age-old choice of burning out or fading away, R.E.M. appeared to have settled on a third option: loitering...
Core luxury millennials are less likely than their boomer counterparts to own most of the brands they were asked about, but their interest in owning specific luxury brands is on a par with or higher than that of boomers...
...that the entire team benefitted from extra tournament experience. “It’s a great way to start the spring”. Overall, this tournament punished its competitors. The field was peppered with withdrawals and scores in the 90s. No one came within shouting distance of par. “Golf in the wind is not fun,” Mayer said. “Well, it’s fun, but it’s hard.” One month from now men’s golf will resume with the Yale Spring Opener...
...Readers are not stupid, and instead of scaring them or placating them, the science section should treat them like thinking human beings. Science will probably do more to change society in the next fifty years than anything else. To neglect science because of sub-par reporting grossly violates the duty of journalism to provide important information to the public. Readers should demand and the press should supply science articles that are short on drama and long on facts. Who knows? Somebody might learn something...