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...Progressives saw the encyclical as the ultimate proof that the Church was bound to remain out of touch with contemporary reality. Traditionalists, instead, can mark it as the beginning of their return to favor, when the Vatican undertook to stand firm against the forces of secularism blowing through the West - and within the Church itself. Today, the traditionalists clearly have a Pope after their own hearts in Benedict XVI. But he's not one to take their positions for granted...
...great, cheeky stunt - and probably one that will remain unduplicable in our age of ever-tightening "security" (which mainly seems to secure us from having much fun). But was it - as press material accompanying James Marsh's documentary, Man on Wire, calls it - "the artistic crime of the century...
...also one of its messiest. But even India's jaded electorate, which is accustomed to political scandals, was stunned by the blatant horse-trading and strident mudslinging that led up to the confidence vote, which determined whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Congress Party - led coalition would remain in power. The administration won by a 275-256 margin, with 10 abstentions, ensuring its survival for now. But in the run-up to the vote, including two days of acrimonious parliamentary debate that was broadcast live to the nation, Indian citizens got an unusually vivid picture of just how messy...
...BDSM (bondage, domination, submission and sadomasochism) community. Deborah Hyde, director of Backlash, a group campaigning against legislation that would outlaw BDSM-themed pornography in England and Wales next January, says Mosley has helped BDSM practitioners realize they have a community and that they shouldn't remain silent when others deem their practices sick and unusual. "Max Mosley has stood up for himself," she told TIME. "And that's inspired other people in the community to talk out loud about their experiences...
...American tourists, rather than from the group tours that traditionally make up 25% of the transatlantic summer-season business. ''The group travelers are a little greener, a little more skittish,'' says Pan Am's Richman. For all the indications that the tourist slide had stopped, however, the doleful fact remained that the European tourist business this summer will remain rotten, especially compared with 1985, when a record 6.4 million Americans crossed the ocean. Says Carlo Mole, chairman of C.I.T., Italy's largest tour operator: ''It is useless to kid ourselves. This season is done...