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...success of authorities in rounding up several hundred other JI operatives, give the impression that the case is almost closed. But four men whom Indonesian police believe were key participants in the plot have never been caught: a military commander, an electronics expert, a terrorist instructor and a fundamentalist teacher...
...leader, Anglican Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria, declared in a 94-page theological statement: "There is no longer any hope, therefore, for a unified Communion ... Now we confront a moment of decision ... We want unity, but not at the cost of relegating Christ to the position of another wise teacher, who can be obeyed or disobeyed. We earnestly desire the healing of our beloved Communion, but not at the cost of rewriting the Bible to accommodate the latest cultural trend. We have arrived at a crossroads; it is, for us, the moment of truth...
...Sheer Self-Indulgence," "No Enlightenment, Few Laughs," "Lame Self-Help Romp" and "Guru Is Doo-Doo." About the only encouraging words so far are from Indian and Indian-American journalists, who had been primed to hate the movie from advance reports that its treatment of Hindu and Hindu-esque teacher-preachers - especially of the best-selling, evangelistic, Deepak Chopra variety - would be derisory. Those reviewers are saying, basically, that The Love Guru is not as awful as they thought it would...
...until that question. I didn't realize that there was a performance level expected of me until right this instant. So, yes, from here on out, I'm a bit petrified. I will now become a teacher for sure...
DIED From childhood on, disability-rights lawyer Harriet McBryde Johnson was adamant about defending what she thought was right--even if that meant leading the charge as a young teen to oust a teacher she considered abusive. Suffering from a congenital neuromuscular disease and bound to a wheelchair, Johnson resented assumptions about her quality of life. She railed against the "pity-based tactics" of the Jerry Lewis muscular dystrophy telethon, challenged a prominent Princeton professor on the ethics of euthanizing disabled infants and spoke out in defense of the brain-damaged Terri Schiavo when her case polarized the nation...