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Addressing a full courtroom at the Law School on Friday, a panel including two self-described "former homosexuals" urged gays and lesbians to devote themselves to Jesus, "reject homosexual desires and embrace their natural heterosexual identity...
...suggests that Buddhism jettison reincarnation and karma, thereby making possible what he calls an "existential, therapeutic and liberating agnosticism." In fact, many American practitioners have already Batchelorized themselves by default. A good example is Ann Buck, 67, a retired businesswoman and teacher of Theravadan meditation. Although she does not reject karma, it plays little role in the groups she gathers in her house in Malibu, Calif.; it will certainly not figure in a phone service she is helping plan that will furnish computer-generated meditation guidance. If participants move further into Buddhism, she says, she will be gratified...
Weill stands apart from an industry where oversize egos often overwhelm logic. His latest deal caps years of collecting castoff companies at fire-sale prices and then trimming costs by paying close attention to detail. He started in 1986 by taking over Commercial Credit, a reject of computer-maker Control Data. It was not the job he wanted--Weill had been given the bum's rush when he offered himself as CEO of BankAmerica--but a spruced-up Commercial Credit gave Weill a springboard. And he sprang: he merged Commercial Credit with struggling Primerica in 1988, getting the Smith Barney...
Under the D'Amato Act, the U.S. is obliged to sanction Total. But according to TIME Paris Bureau Chief Tom Sancton, that particular piece of legislation won't wash in Europe: "The French in particular totally reject the legitimacy and the legality of the D?Amato Act," says Sancton. "This is not simply Paris goading Washington or testing U.S. resolve. The French genuinely believe this legislation compromises their economic interests ? and with a really huge oil field at stake, they have the incentive to challenge...
...face of this fact, Governor Wilson is bold enough to accuse Native Americans of illegal activity and continues to reject the path of negotiation with tribes already operating casinos. With this move, Wilson seems eager to join the long, list of government officials who have blocked Native Americans' attempts to sustain themselves. In the mighty modern success story of Indian video gaming, Wilson seems willing to call out the cavalry to do nothing more than pull the plug, betraying promises to America's first citizens in the process...