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...president - has created a perplexing religious culture based on strange symbolism, superstition and fear. A disciple of the miracle-working Indian guru Sai Baba, Murillo has mixed mystic spiritualism with the teachings of Jesus Christ and the home-cooked philosophy of Gen. Augusto Sandino, and added a pinch of native indigenous beliefs to serve up a curious concoction of religious syncretism unrecognizable to most theologians...
...cynicism of Preston Sturges comedies, but not near those old masters as an entertainer or political guru, Stern suggests that the real hero is the ordinary Joe who goes to the polls and votes these rascals in. Swing Vote has aspirations to be Molly--or, in a pinch, Bud. But it's closer to the parties' idea men, trying to guess what the people want, then desperately laying it on. That leaves Costner, for all his charm and flinty ambiguity, a loser in this poll...
Despite the heightened expectations, Ivanovic doesn't seem stressed. She has seen too much to fret about tennis, and she's just enjoying this defining moment of her young career. "I still have to pinch myself to believe it really happened," says Ivanovic. "They were my two biggest goals, winning a Grand Slam and to be No. 1. And I achieved them within a few days. It's unbelievable." Go ahead and believe...
...growing problem. Basically, it's the economy," says Brent Glover, who has run Idaho's Orphan Acres since 1975 and has found new homes for 1,600 rescued horses. "We're getting calls constantly." With more horses coming onto his 50-acre refuge, he is feeling the pinch of a hay bill that has risen from $28,000 to $80,000 this year, not to mention rising transportation and grain costs. "It's a horrible mess of bad consequences," says Colorado State University animal sciences Professor Temple Grandin. "People are turning them loose because of the decline in discretionary spending...
...cars aren’t driving down here, they’re not noticing us,” Welcome said. “They’re not noticing any of the stores.” Another Harvard Square business going unnoticed and feeling the pinch of construction on their profits is Crimson Corner, a magazine stand adjacent to Cardullo’s. Its owner, Chris Kotelly, echoed Welcome’s claim: “I would say business is off 25 to 30 percent since they started construction,” he said. Denise Jillson, executive director...