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...Netherlands native named Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, who has served since 1983. The 79-year-old last year became the first ever Jesuit leader to ask for, and receive, papal permission to retire from the post. White-haired and goateed, Kolvenbach has kept a low public profile during his quarter-century reign, but is widely praised for his skills in reestablishing good ties with the Holy See after the run-ins with top Vatican officials of his predecessor, a charismatic Basque-born progressive named Pedro Arrupe...
...factly, Khidir describes dealing with the aftermath of her work. She applies oak charcoal to reduce pain, cold water and antiseptic solution to reduce the risk of infection. Asked about the specifics of the procedure, she covers her face with her loosely worn headscarf. "I cut about a quarter off," she says. It's a reference to the so-called 'Sunna' circumcision, the removal of prepuce and sometimes clitoris that some Muslims attribute to a tradition taught by the Prophet Mohammed...
...takes truly magical thinking to imagine we will keep resolutions that experience suggests are impossible: to live greener, fit into a size 4, learn Chinese. One study found that nearly a quarter of us lapse within a week, the vast majority before the year is out. Since human frailty is a law of nature, states are compensating with some rules of their own--what are laws if not expectations carved in stone? As of the New Year, you can no longer text-message while driving in Washington State. North Carolina bar owners have to recycle their bottles, and politicians have...
...past five years. While the ones who register do so primarily as undeclared, Smith says he believes they lean heavily Democratic, given that many come from the relatively liberal Boston area. Combined with the 86,000 people who turned 18 in this time, new voters account for nearly a quarter of the state's potential electorate...
...metaphor would have it, "House Party Huddles." Of course, they were less huddles than tailgate parties with large-screen TVs instead of stadiums and living rooms instead of parking lots. And Romney was less a featured attraction than halftime entertainment. In Clive, Iowa, his visit coincided with the third quarter of the Michigan game; as he spoke, guests in the downstairs rec room discreetly whispered the score to guests on the stairs...