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...Charles] De Gaulle's regent while the general was off on an ill-timed state visit to Rumania, called off the police, let the students roam freely through the Latin Quarter. Then the lesson of the Left Bank dawned on the leadership of France's workers: that a few thousand students had forced the Gaullist regime to back down. Within hours, a spontaneous reaction swept all across France...
...doing penance advised his associate to cover his head with a blanket; but the observer could not stop his ears. "Soon," said the witness, "I began to hear the forceful blows of his discipline ... there were more than a thousand terrible blows, precisely timed. The floor was covered in blood." That is not an early Da Vinci Code draft. It is a description of Opus Dei founder Escrivá's routine by his eventual successor, quoted in a biography of Escrivá. Escrivá emphasized that others should not emulate his ferocity. But numeraries are expected, although not compelled, to wear a cilice...
...World Junior Championships but her third World Champion title in four years, a feat that has never been achieved by anyone else in the age group, according to Brand. He commented on the reasons for her success: “I think that is the 64 thousand dollar question,” he said. “Emily is a phenomenal person, with tremendous desire and determination. She sets her sights very high and works very hard to accomplish all these things.” “I think that is one of the things that happens when...
...turns out, isn't the only side of the border where illegal immigration is a hot-button issue. It weighs heavily in Mexico's impoverished central and southern regions, where the vast majority of the country's indocumentados - several hundred thousand a year - start out before entering the U.S. And it's a big reason why L?pez, the former mayor of Mexico City, leads in voter polls - much to the chagrin of the Bush Administration, which faces the prospect of a L?pez victory bringing Latin America's stunning recent shift to the political left to America's doorstep...
...understand that downloading may have consequences, but it is a risk that they are largely willing to take.A freshman—who asks that his name be withheld, for fear of repercussions—checks his iTunes and says “I’ve downloaded over one thousand songs.” His selections are largely typical college fare. He says he discovered the band Death Cab For Cutie through downloading. “I downloaded six of their albums just to see if I could,” he says. He says that he?...