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...home alone. Here the contribution of religion is extremely important. You don't become a full person simply by having or by achieving, but by giving. Still, the act of faith can only be a free personal act. A faith that's imposed would not be a proper act of faith. And you'd be deceiving yourself to think there can be an imposed Christianity in today's world. Is that why church attendance has dropped? We still have the structures of managing mass Catholicism but that's not the reality anymore. I find people are sensitive to a religious...
...deal with abusive situations face the choice of leaving a child in a potentially dangerous home or placing him or her in a sometimes equally alienating foster-care system. But Minnesota officials believe most families can be kept together and the children kept safe if dysfunctional parents are given proper help...
...imagine a first use of nukes, and certainly not the unilateral use of nuclear weapons - or military force of any kind - against Iran by the Bush administration now. This was the second level on which I was mistaken: I failed to give the proper context for my remarks. I should have said, "Look, I believe the President has squandered our credibility in the world, and it would be disastrous for us to act unilaterally, given our unwarranted - and tragically incompetent - invasion of Iraq." (I did get around to saying something like that a few sentences later...
...D.C.Akeelah (Keke Palmer, “Madea’s Family Reunion”), an underprivileged girl from the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles, takes on the prestigious spelling bee. Through her training, she learns more than just etymology—she receives an invaluable lesson about motivation, balancing proper English and slang, and even pre-pubescent love.Director Doug Atchison certainly had to go to great lengths to get this inspirational drama released. Surprisingly, Starbucks Entertainment, a subsidiary of the well-known coffee chain, is a major driving force behind the movie. As a consequence, you’ve probably...
...diminished chances for promotion. Pappas has also been granted immunity to testify on behalf of the defense in the trial of two dog handlers accused of using their Belgian shepherds to terrorize prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Pappas has admitted that he improperly allowed certain dog techniques without obtaining the proper authorization from his superiors...