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...embarrassment and frustration of my fellow travelers notwithstanding, I held up the line and argued with the woman. Finally, I wrested the bag from her, tightened the luggage strap, and said curtly, “There is your three-quarters of an inch.” She shut up and took...

Author: By Matthew H. Ghazarian | Title: No Free Lunch | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...focus was to shut them down,” Finelli said, referring to Schram and Smith. “But I think we lost sight of that in the second half, especially when things got a little tighter in terms of scoring. Those breakdowns really hurt...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Drops Ivy Opener at Home | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...request demands proper consideration.' JULIA GILLARD, Australia's acting Prime Minister, after the Bush Administration appealed to let Guantnamo detainees resettle Down Under should the prison be shut down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...Hajdas and about 50 other parishioners in this northern Berkshires town seized the church of St. Stanislaus Kostka to protest plans to shut it down. They say they'll keep their vigil until their appeal is heard by the Vatican--or until the Diocese of Springfield, which oversees Adams' churches, has them forcibly removed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Adams | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...sexual-abuse settlements. That is why more parishes are willing to go against their leadership: they want to stand up against such injustice." Borr, 70, a Rome-born, Jesuit-educated former energy executive, started the council to advise churches facing closure after his own parish in Charlestown, Mass., was shut in 2004. Borr has been involved in the Boston vigils from the beginning and is leading their appeal before the Vatican Supreme Court. In the case of St. Stanislaus Kostka, he sat in his car in front of the bishop's house to hand-deliver the parishioners' letter of intent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Adams | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

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