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...firmly established, health officials say, the key is keeping the nation's postal workers safe - even while they continue to go about their suddenly hazardous jobs. Postal workers are in the trenches here at home. "The mail and our employees have become the target of terrorists," Postmaster General John Potter said. Representatives of the postal workers' union are considering various protective measures, including special gloves and masks, for those who handle mail. Potter insisted Wednesday that any danger to the general public was "slim," and argued against a temporary suspension of postal service, saying, "How would we get it started...
...similarities between our President Lawrence H. Summers’ inauguration and a Harry Potter fairytale are abundant, though harmless. Unless we consider the ominous shadow of he-who-must-not be-named that extended over the festivities. As our very own Dumbledore said, “We meet now in the shadow of the terrible and tragic events of September 11th—And so, in our present struggle, we do our part, we carry that torch [of truth]—We will prevail in this struggle...
...told her it was, gave her a kiss, headed out the door and spent the train ride pondering. At work, I shared the anecdote with a colleague. She said, "Have you read the Harry Potter books? My six year old Charlotte has given little sign of how she was processing this, until the other night, when we were saying prayers, and she said, 'I wish I had a Time Turner.' Which, as the name implies, is a wondrous device that lets you go back to an earlier day, and start over...
Jakes is one of religion's most prodigious polymaths. His books, starting with his breakthrough inspirational volume Woman, Thou Art Loosed!, have sold in the millions. His 26,000-member Potter's House megachurch in South Dallas drew George W. Bush and Al Gore prior to the 2000 election. Jakes is a Grammy-nominated gospel singer and has a deal with Hallmark for a line of "Loose Your Spirit" inspirational greeting cards. He preaches regularly to millions on both Black Entertainment Television and the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Yet millions more have never heard of him. When they do, new enthusiasts...
...this season, when the true realm of the fantastic beckons so seductively. Great anticipations hover over two projects that bring to the screen the most cherished franchises of fantasy novels in the past half-century: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Directors Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which opens Nov. 16) and Peter Jackson (The Fellowship of the Ring, due Dec. 19) have been on a sacred, scary quest. Each director must feel like a kid or a Hobbit who's been given a broom or ring...