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...today, Queen had sent an e-mail to proctors telling them that tonight’s dinner had been cancelled due to the dust leak, and saying that “the dust must be tested as a precaution to rule out any hazardous substances.” He also asked proctors to go to Annenberg at 5 p.m. to explain the situation to students...
...There probably is. Again, my rule is the same. If it's go and do that, but it's a distraction from the focus, I won't go there. But if it's, "Hey, how are we going to get the money to tool these things up?" there's enough people that want a small quiet machine like this that'll run year after year...
...When public institutions like schools do anything, one of the basic rules is this: It must be for a secular reason, it must have primarily a secular effect and it can't entangle them with religion. That's why the U.S. Supreme Court struck down prayer and Bible reading in class. But Olivia's case raises unusual issues on the entanglement point. Her song was religious, but the talent show was open to the public and held after school, no students were required to attend, and no rule prohibited acts with religious themes. Yet school officials worried that someone, especially...
...rare press conference earlier this month, the LRA's elusive leader Joseph Kony - who claims to communicate with spirits and says he wants to rule Uganda based on the Ten Commandments - has denied any wrongdoing. But the LRA has been pushed to sue for peace nonetheless, in part by mounting international pressure. Five of the LRA's top brass, including Kony and Lukwiya, were indicted last year by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity...
...helpful rule: "The older I get, the more I'm willing to buy an annuity," says Michael Schulman, an accountant with Excelsior Senior Advisers in New York. With fewer years to live, you have higher monthly payments. An income annuity bought at age 75 or 80 might generate more monthly cash than you could get anywhere else. Your heirs might squirm. But you will sleep better knowing you have plenty of income and it will never...