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...will no longer be eligible to be involved in political debate," he says. Judging by his and other evangelical pastors' roles in the war over the judiciary, the country is in no danger of getting there anytime soon. --Reported by Cathy Booth Thomas/ Nacogdoches, Massimo Calabresi and Viveca Novak/Washington, Sonja Steptoe/ Los Angeles, Tim Padgett/Fort Lauderdale and Andrea Tortora/Cincinnati
...traditional settings. Says co-founder Tina Owen, an English teacher: "A lot of adults think 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' But these students seemed to be hurting really bad." --Reported by Elizabeth Coady/ Chicago, Avery Holton/Austin, Sora Song/New York and Sonja Steptoe/Los Angeles
...work forces there. Along with financial payoffs, Ho gets the satisfaction of carrying on his father's legacy. "He always wanted to link the U.S. and China in a positive way, and I'm helping to make that happen," he says. That kind of payoff is priceless. --By Sonja Steptoe/ Palo Alto
...staff retreat in Phoenix, Ariz., he led three lawyers from China on a three-hour mountain-biking trip in the blistering sun along rattlesnake-infested rocky roads."What the heck," he told them. "After China, this is nothing." Reckless attitude? Chao would probably call it risk arbitrage. --By Sonja Steptoe/Menlo Park
...become more gregarious through acts-of-kindness exercises? Can a dyed-in-the-wool pessimist learn to see the glass as half full? Can gratitude journals work their magic over the long haul? And how many of us could keep filling them with fresh thankful thoughts year after year? Sonja Lyubomirsky believes it's all possible: "I'll quote Oprah here, which I don't normally do. She was asked how she runs five miles a day, and she said, 'I recommit to it every day of my life.' I think happiness is like that. Every day you have...