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...passion and certainty of the protagonists aside, the sea-bed boundary issue is devilishly complex. Changes in international law, sovereignty and geopolitics have left a murky situation. That Australia is rich and East Timor is poor counts for nothing. Yet the new nation's recent tragic history - neglected Portuguese colony and brutalized invaded territory - gives the talks a profound moral dimension. John Howard's government spent considerable political capital and diplomatic effort on Timorese independence; it sent 5,700 troops and led the U.N.'s interfet peacekeeping force. "Having helped to liberate East Timor, Australia is obliged...
...This was a clear case of rewriting history, and we Jews have suffered terribly as a result. Jesus would overturn the tables of the Hollywood money changers in shock and anger if he knew what a travesty had been made of his life in Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ. David Zohar Jerusalem...
Thank you for presenting the reactions of believers over the centuries to the Passion of Christ. I have never believed that Jesus died in order to satisfy some sort of debt. In his life, his death and his reappearance, Christ came to show us God the Father. Why remains a joyous mystery. NORMA MELONE Campbell, Calif...
...anyway," he says. "Some people claim Nixon is trying to sell the country, and Kennedy is trying to buy it." ... With one eye on world news and the other on Variety, [Sahl] is a volatile mixture of show business and politics, of exhibitionistic self-dedication and a seemingly sincere passion to change the world. The best of the New Comedians, he is also the first notable American political satirist since Will Rogers. "Whenever there is a political bloat, Mort sticks a pin in it," says Hubert Humphrey ... Says Sahl mockingly: "I'm the intellectual voice of the era--which...
Singing is my thing. It’s my passion, so anytime I can do it and do it well, I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing. Whether I am singing with the Opportunes, Kuumba, the Mariachis, or even alone, I sing from the heart, and I’m happy. And that’s only half the story. Specifically referring to the performance of Mexican music, what has inspired me these last few years has been people’s reactions. Besides my parents, or my friends...