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...issues of concern to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Abortion made the list, but so did the minimum wage, the death penalty and media ownership, all weighted equally. Democrats did better than Republicans, and the test's high scorer was John Kerry. An incensed (and low scoring) Senator Rick Santorum fumed that abortion and "how many television stations somebody owns ... are not equivalent moral issues." True, but Durbin did express a prevalent Democratic curiosity: Does the church see the right to life as trumping all its other concerns...
...sport has risks. According to Rick Iossi, director of the Florida Kite Surfing Association, which promotes safety awareness and maintains an accident database, there have been 21 deaths associated with kiteboarding since 2000. "The vast majority of accidents are avoidable if you know what you are doing," says Iossi, who collided with trees and suffered a brain hemorrhage while kiteboarding in unstable weather three years ago. He is now fine and still kiteboards. "People need to take plenty of lessons and, as in any other sport, be cautious...
...think it certainly appears from the outside, and also in conversations with insiders that Rick Wagoner is already making a major difference in the company,” says H. Kent Bowen, Rauner professor of business administration at HBS. “First of all, he’s very smart. Secondly, he’s become CEO at a relatively young age, so in addition to focusing on changes in the near term, he has clearly a long-term view for the company...
...last weekan Iraqi President, he said, would one day come to the U.S. and "thank us for what we've done"--got the expected public raves from those in charge of the party's message. "To the last person in there, we're all behind him," said Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum...
Murs points out that few hip-hop albums have a single producer the whole way through. “Like when Rick Rubin produces the Red Hot Chili Peppers, then it’s a Rick Rubin album. I like that. Lyrically, I’m all over the place as well, so the production helps unify the album.” Murs’ Def Jux debut was a who’s who of underground producers, featuring El-P, Ant, RJD2 and Blockhead on songs that veered from battle raps to narratives and back...