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...Obama's European tour last month showed, the Pope would hardly be the only head of state eager to start off on the right footing with the new Administration. In addition, Obama is broadly popular among American Catholics, 67% of whom gave him a positive approval rating in a recent Pew poll. At a time when the U.S. Catholic Church is losing members - a separate Pew study found that for every American who joins the Catholic Church, four others leave - Benedict may not be willing to test the costs of opposing Obama...
...there is a public vote on the issue, Iowans could lose their new-found cool by following Californians, who rejected gay marriage last November. Some recent polls show that most Iowans believe marriage involves one man and one woman, but were willing to allow gays and lesbians to have civil unions...
...enter into a legal agreement to that end - but historically, your card company has been able to change that rate for all sorts of reasons. Maybe you charge a greater chunk of your credit limit than normal. Maybe you're late on a payment to some other company. In recent years, the difference between the interest rate folks sign up for and the average penalty rate imposed later on has skyrocketed, from 8.1 percentage points more in 2000 to 16.9 points more in 2008, according to the Center for Responsible Lending. (Read a brief history of credit cards...
...struggle is one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Asia in recent decades." -Norwegian Nobel Committee...
That may be, but deeper issues remain. For a sport eager to attract more teams and sponsors - owing to financial pressures, some of each have left the sport in recent months - the arguments and uncertainty do little for Formula One's appeal. With the FIA already having raised the budget cap from $45 million under pressure from the teams, "it's wrong that it has become such a public debate," says Jackie Stewart, a three-time Formula One world champion and ex-team boss. "It's unsettling for the marketplace...