Word: popularization
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...this a schism? Have Cardinal George and the other conservative U.S. bishops gone rogue? Or is the Pope letting them play bad cop while he makes nice with the popular new American President...
...some U.S. bishops and the Vatican could just be a matter of pure politics. As Obama's European tour last month showed, the Pope would hardly be the only head of state eager to start off on the right footing with the new Administration. In addition, Obama is broadly popular among American Catholics, 67% of whom gave him a positive approval rating in a recent Pew poll. At a time when the U.S. Catholic Church is losing members - a separate Pew study found that for every American who joins the Catholic Church, four others leave - Benedict may not be willing...
...Nintendo, which has ruled the market in consoles for two years had a 43% drop in sales of its popular Wii model from March to April, selling only 340,00 units. Sales of Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox 360 dropped 47% from March. (Read...
...High fashion modeling has become an increasingly popular activity on Harvard’s campus in the last few years, with several new shows on the fashion calendar, including Haute, Identities, and Project East. These new performances, as well as more established fashion shows such as Eleganza, have attracted to the runways professional models like Dara and Erinn V. Westbrook...
Obama, President Barack •first name of rises from #12,535 to #2,409 on annual list of most popular baby names...