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...marketing firm Claritas Inc. to analyze the membership of the 72-year-old group. Claritas found that the cluster most likely to renew A.A.N.R. membership is a group it labels "God's Country"--primarily executives from the exurbs who tend to be Republican. Their key issues are tax reform and terrorism; they like Golf Magazine and GMC Safari vans. And most have kids at home...
...since 1884. That meeting, among other things, mandated publication of a national catechism and established the Roman collar as obligatory clerical dress. Any such meeting today, however, would come with risks. The agenda, controlled by the bishops and the Vatican, could well be dominated by conservatives hostile to any reform, turning the gathering into another public relations nightmare and further dividing the church. Still, the idea has its supporters. "It's a risk worth taking," says Scott Appleby, professor of church history at the University of Notre Dame. "There's a desperate need for a healthy dialogue that is consultative...
...time to stop bashing the multilateral institutions. They are no better or worse than what the major powers put into them, in leadership, skillful bilateral diplomacy and resources,” Zedillo continued. “The right way is not to undermine these institutions but, where needed, to reform them so that they can better serve the good causes of human rights, security, peace and prosperity...
...North Goa has established hegemony in the realm of funky nightlife; the south specializes in historical funk, such as the Menezes Braganza Mansion. This rambling plantation house, partly dating from the 16th century, went into decline when India instituted land reform, so the family?resident for 14 generations? has opened it to the public. The 14th generation, named Abigail, aged two and naked as a jaybird, guided me by running ahead to open cabinets crammed with old silver, while dogs dozed on the ballroom floor...
China's leadership is drafting an overhaul of its communist-era constitution that would include guarantees of private-property rights. But freedom of the press will probably not be part of any charter-reform package. In its latest attempt to rein in the country's increasingly boisterous media, the Party's Publicity Department?formerly the Ministry of Propaganda?this month ordered the closure of the Beijing New Times newspaper after it ran an article criticizing China's congress. The department also forbade coverage of other sensitive topics, including Jiang Yanyong, the doctor who exposed the government's cover...