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...five more people in the Czech Republic have set themselves ablaze, and three have died: Vera Jedlicková, 50, burned herself near her family plot at Brno's central cemetery on March 18, the day she checked out of a psychiatric ward where she had been treated for depression. Roman Másl, a 21-year-old student, immolated himself in Pilsen on April 1. Pavel Janícek, 42, unemployed, with a history of mental illness and suicide attempts, burned himself in Velká Chyska on April 8. His partner told police that Janícek had feared...
...office is tucked away from big city life in a pastoral setting fit for an Abercrombie photo shoot. It’s a 20-minute ride down a long windy road replete with deer and bunnies—one can just imagine half-naked twentysomethings frolicking, cavorting and Greco-Roman wrestling amidst the pines. The road ends at a huge office building situated on acres of land. As the raging bonfires located throughout the property (maintained by a professional fire attendant to create a camp-like vibe) suggest, this is no ordinary merchandising...
...Sunday, April 6, 2003, I was received into the Roman Catholic Church. Nervous but happy, I assembled with my sponsors, Frank and Gladden, and about twenty friends. Shortly after 4 p.m., the service started: Father greeted us with In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti and we began the prayers of the Mass. Our contemplation of the holy sacrifice was beautifully assisted by the performance of Josquin’s Missa Pange lingua and some other pieces of Renaissance polyphony by friends from school. After the homily, Father invited me forward...
...latter case was argued by conservative Robert Kagan in the book Of Paradise and Power, which has spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and posits a cultural split between Europe and America, with America cast as the Roman god of war Mars and Europe as the goddess of love Venus...
...pursue her film career.) Bynes is even more determined: "I want longevity. I want to be where you don't get sick of me because in one year I'm in so many movies." She seems to realize that for her, What a Girl Wants isn't quite what Roman Holiday was for Audrey Hepburn. "I'm waiting to find something a little bit above this movie. I don't want to go down in maturity...