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...sexual morality, the same practical exceptions apply, but to a lesser extent. Divorce is forbidden, and divorced remarried Catholics are barred from the sacraments. But annulments are plentiful--if you can prove that your marriage was from the outset so dysfunctional it wasn't a marriage at all. So complete failures can be rescued, but human messes are unforgivable, and fresh starts for the imperfect ruled out of bounds. Similarly, homosexuals are informed that they are born that way, but no sexual intimacy is permissible, because it cannot lead to procreation. But the infertile are married every day; postmenopausal spouses...
...national pride. South Korea, for one, has turned the sport into a quest for its very identity, its hopes captured in the cheer that rings through the nation's World Cup stadiums: "Great Republic of Korea." A country often consigned to an afterthought in East Asia is out to prove that it, too, matters. Last week, it did so, by gliding through to the second round with skill and flair. That singular achievement, though, was not just about Korea's arrival as a football force but as a self-confident adult nation to be taken seriously...
...issue this time, as it was in January and in two wars since the departing British partitioned the subcontinent in 1947, is Kashmir. On the Indian side, Jammu and Kashmir have a Muslim majority, which fuels Pakistan's claim over the territory. Hindu India, anxious to prove its secular credentials, refuses to let go, clinging on with a mix of high-handed vote rigging and indifference to public opinion. For Muslim Pakistan, still smarting decades after the 1971 war in which India successfully broke Bangladesh--then East Pakistan--away from West Pakistan, Kashmir remains a call to arms, a national...
...from the ranks of prestigious law firms and federal prosecutors' offices often work unorthodox legal strategies, dusting off little-used laws to help their cause. In the fight with Merrill, for example, New York relied on the Martin Act of 1921 for authority to pursue Merrill without having to prove the firm intended to dupe investors...
...economics may, in fact, prove the most effective peacemaker. Thailand is still recovering from the 1997 Asian financial crash, and the Burmese economy is near collapse. "If they fight, both sides will end up as losers," says exiled Burmese journalist Aung Zaw. "Neither can afford a war." But neither can afford to back down...