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...American Catholics remain livid over the church's recent pedophilia scandals. Benedict agreed in remarks to U.S. bishops that the issue had been "sometimes very badly handled"--the first real admission of the church's culpability--but still found enough blame to lay on America's "wider context of sexual mores" as well. The Pope's political reflexes will be tested again and again as he seeks to shepherd a flock that does not always share the certainties of its leaders, sacred and secular alike...
...Number of sexual-assault cases the U.S. Department of Defense has investigated in Iraq and Afghanistan, of which 26 involve attacks on American civilians or contractors...
...retracts his marriage proposal to his then-girlfriend Jillian; he cannot conceive of marriage as a possibility in the wake of political disaster. This is the only perspective the novel presents. Though Gessen implicitly acknowledges that this perspective is flawed and at times ridiculous (as when Mark likens his sexual fumblings to the German communist Karl Liebnicht’s failed revolution), he presents no alternative. Even at the end of the novel, in 2008, the fictional Keith still thinks in political terms: his friends’ weddings are insignificant because “the Bush years were winding down...
...things get really weird. The yaks begin to flow into one another, like the water of the river, and Björk’s backpack grows arms, then a head, finally transforming into a strange clay woman-thing. Björk and this creature then perform oddly sexual backflips until their bodies become intertwined. The water beneath them sprouts eyes which belong to a giant dragon-lookalike river god with enormous human hands that open and close suggestively. A giant Björk then digs a hole, diverting the river into a waterfall. Small Bj?...
...legs sprawled over his shoulders. With flashing, multicolored lights and cameos from celebrities like Kanye and Diddy, Usher’s task becomes even more daunting. Everything is unstable. But of course, Usher keeps his cool. Grown-up Hardy Boys never get flustered in the face of a little sexual temptation. In fact, they remember all their lines, throw in some dance moves, and manage to look terribly attractive all at the same time. Near the end of the video Usher finally traps his femme fatale against the wall. She turns around and pretends to give in to his plea...