Word: performance
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...bill's backers say cities pass zoning laws that keep churches out. They say children cannot wear the Star of David to school because of regulations meant to ban gang symbols. They say coroners perform autopsies on those whose faith holds that the corpse is sacred. In short, without the Religious Liberty Protection Act, says Marc Stern of the American Jewish Congress, "you send a message to the state [authorities] that they have carte blanche to interfere with religious practices...
What about other reasons cited for the law? Stern of the American Jewish Congress, who helped write the bill, says Orthodox Jewish and Native American families should not have to beg officials not to perform autopsies on their relatives. He cited a case in Eagle Pass, Texas, in which a federal judge ruled in favor of an autopsy on a member of the Kickapoo tribe who justice of the peace Martha Chacon believed might have been murdered. The judge said the state's interest in finding the truth trumped the tribe's religious concerns. In the end, though, Chacon decided...
Outside Providence--the title refers to Tim's native habitat, Pawtucket, R.I., as well as to the silence of God when it comes to doofus teenagers--works in mysterious ways its wonders to perform. For the coming-of-age cliches don't stop once Tim settles in at Cornwall. There are a sadistic housemaster, a hidebound headmaster, a geeky roommate and a duplicitous pal to contend with, and the prettiest girl on campus (Amy Smart) to woo, ruin and redeem. One finds oneself asking how such familiar stuff breeds contentment instead of contempt...
...testicular cancer is one of the least deadly of malignancies: if you include the most advanced stages of disease, it has a five-year survival rate of 95%--and for cases detected early, the rate is 100%. For that reason, many experts suggest that men (of all races) should perform self-examinations monthly, starting at age 15. The best time to do this is after a warm shower, when the scrotum is relaxed and soft. The danger signs include a hard, painless lump attached to the testicles or, less commonly, testicular enlargement or scrotal swelling. Probing their testicles, even gently...
...millennium? Mambo No. 5, an old Cuban tune with new words and its own dance steps, tops the charts in 15 countries and request lists in the U.S. But Chicagoans are betting on the "milly," a funky nine-step dance (instructions above) they have learned in droves and will perform on New Year's Eve. Not even Nostradamus could have predicted this...