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...importer La Tienda already has a list of 200 customers who have placed $199 deposits for hams that will cost upwards of $1,000 when they are finally delivered. For those without that much cash or patience, the first chorizo and sausages made from the meat of these precious pigs will be available early this year...
...mail. “When I saw that, I burst out laughing,” said Durrell B. Robinson ’08, of whom King wrote that he “contributed a great deal to the discussion.” “It was precious,” Robinson added. King wrote a second e-mail to the entire class shortly after realizing his mistake, apologizing to students affected by the message and accepting responsibility for failing to double-check the recipients of the previous message. He also requested that students who had not yet read...
...giving ground on either flank, but he listened. At October's Synod of Bishops, he introduced the first-ever open discussion period, and took part in it. "That the Pope himself spoke up was evidence that he wants a direct and immediate dialogue with his brother Bishops - a precious sign of a healthy collegiality," says Scola, whom Benedict picked to preside over the three-week-long meeting. And he reaches out, above all, to his flock. Benedict has already produced a series of penetrating homilies, using language that often doesn't quite sound like it should come from a Pope...
...This world is blessed with enough human and material resources for every human being to live in peace and prosperity. Yet human suffering continues to grow. Most disheartening is the fact that many precious resources that should have been used for human welfare have been wasted on war. One wonders why man, who has walked on the moon and explored Mars, cannot prevent Earth from becoming a virtual hell. Anthony Parakal Bombay...
...respite: When the Secretary of State touched down in the small former communist state of Romania to announce that the U.S. would be opening four new military bases there, she was greeted with open arms. "The acceptance by the Romanian people of the American military presence is the most precious thing to have happened in the relations between our two states," the pugnacious Prime Minister, Traian Basescu, said during the visit, before promising that Romania's tiny contingent in Iraq would stand by the U.S. as "long as it takes." One newspaper called the base announcement the most positive development...