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...honor the memory of his wife while abandoning his own personal inhibitions.This seamless melding of contrasting personalities and viewpoints is also manifest in the film’s varied dialogue of English, German, and Japanese. To communicate with each other, Rudi and Yu must abandon their native tongues and speak English, thereby intimating that language is no communication barrier for this ostensibly odd couple. What is fascinating about this burgeoning friendship between a homeless Japanese girl and an aging German man is that the relationship transcends labels—it is neither sexual nor paternal. Instead, these two are spiritual...
...Basis for Action,” Professor Michael B. McElroy of Harvard’s Center for Earth and Planetary Physics cites Pope John Paul II’s opinion on global warming as he expressed it nearly 20 years ago: “Theology, philosophy and science all speak of a harmonious universe, of a cosmos endowed with its own integrity, its own internal, dynamic nature. This order must be respected. The human race is called to explore this order, to examine it with due care and to make use of it while safeguarding its integrity...
...Holiness," the statement read, "took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the church's consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death which enjoin all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in cooperation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development." (See the top 10 religion stories...
...being backward and insular? When New Orleans was awash in oil money, it had refused to invest in the harbor, which was now being superseded by such pikers as Mobile. It had failed, when it had the chance, to correct a school system that produced students who could barely speak English or do sums. When northern companies fled unions and taxes for the Sunbelt, and cities like Memphis and Dallas were doing all they could to attract them, New Orleans turned a cold shoulder...
...Maybe not, but what matters most to White House reporters is that Gibbs has the President's ear and can get to the Commander in Chief when an answer is needed. Though Gibbs' aides speak of him affectionately as a "silent killer" whose mood can turn from warm to ice-cold when his boss's motives are challenged, they add that he has been consciously trying to shift into a more press-friendly role at the White House, a move symbolized by his often open office door. "He's always been good with the stick," Axelrod jokes about Gibbs...