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...skills, which temper his conservative positions on most doctrinal issues. For example, though a vocal opponent of Mayor Gavin Newsom's flurry of gay weddings last year, Levada had earlier worked out a Solomonic solution that resulted in health benefits for gay partners. He has been criticized for his slow and secretive response to priest sexual-abuse scandals in San Francisco, where at least 68 lawsuits over alleged abuse are still pending. Father Patrick Brennan, vicar at the Archdiocese of Portland, admits that Levada "had his detractors" but praises his warmth and intelligence. "He's not an academic theologian," Brennan...
...roads being built. Bridges? There are no bridges being built. Harbors? There are no harbors being built." KUNTORO MANGKUSUBROTO, head of the Agency for the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Aceh, on the $5 billion in tsunami relief money he claims has not been disbursed because of Indonesia's slow bureaucracy...
...North's Korean People's Army when the South created the town from scratch in the 1980s. Lying across one of the main invasion routes to Seoul, the area was the scene of frequent skirmishes during the Korean War. Planners carefully spaced Ilsan's new high-rises to slow any onslaught from enemy tanks and troops. In those days, the town's proximity to North Korea made it an unpopular place to live. Today, property prices are as high as those in the rest of metropolitan Seoul. "Lots of people want to live here," says real estate broker...
...race that had gone everybody’s way but Harvard’s for eight long years, the bow ball sided with the Crimson. Harvard crossed the line in 5:40.56 and Yale finished right alongside in 5:40.79. Only a slow-motion photo finish could determine the victor in the most recent Harvard-Yale showdown. Cornell rounded out the three with a time of 5:40.82, and Navy came in fourth at 5:41.53. All four boats broke the old course record of 5:41.2, set by Yale...
...EXERCISE SLOW CANCER...