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...alliance of Baptist preachers who found the whole idea of a Catholic in the White House almost beyond comprehension. By making his stand at the Bush Library in College Station, Romney is on the far safer ground of a college campus - and deep inside the Bush dynasty's official shrine to boot. If Romney were really following Kennedy's footsteps, he'd be addressing a small group of evangelical preachers - and then letting them ask questions, the way Kennedy did. That speech, which was greeted with a standing ovation, effectively settled the religious issue in the campaign...
...Although they are from different backgrounds, Onie's cohorts all proudly call themselves punks - a name first coined 30 years ago. His gang must be one of the last anywhere in the world to use the term today, and stepping inside Movement Records is to walk into a shrine to another era. Posters and stickers of their heroes - bands from the 1970s such as the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and the Clash - adorn every inch of wall space. "Punk is about freedom," says Onie. "People can choose what they want to do and what they want...
...Although they are from different backgrounds, Onie's cohorts all proudly call themselves punks - a name first coined 30 years ago. His gang must be one of the last anywhere in the world to use the term today, and stepping inside Movement Records is to walk into a shrine to another era. Posters and stickers of their heroes - bands from the 1970s such as the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and the Clash - adorn every inch of wall space. "Punk is about freedom," says Onie. "People can choose what they want to do and what they want...
...suspect but at least in the presence of the Reuters photographer did not beat him. 4) Two brigadier generals from Karbala's provincial police were in charge of the scene. 5) The weapon: a Toyota Mark sedan (costs $6,000 when new). Likely target: the nearby Imam Hussein Shrine, one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest sites...
...throngs that danced around her specially designed bulletproof Bhutto-mobile as it made its way from the airport to the shrine of Pakistan's founder, her arrival was a moment of celebration and a reason to hope. "This is an historic moment in the history of Pakistan," said Ali Shah, who came from the troubled North West Frontier Province in a journey that lasted nearly three days. "We have been protesting this military government for eight years, and now Benazir has returned to resume civilian rule. She has forced the general to remove his uniform." But he cautions, she also...