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...Sept. 12, 2006, the day after the world had marked the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Benedict threw himself into the maelstrom. The unlikely venue was his old teaching grounds, the University of Regensburg. His vehicle was a talk about reason as part of Christianity's very essence. His nominal target was his usual suspect, the secular West, which he said had committed the tragic error of discarding Christianity as reason-free. But this time he had an additional villain in his sights: Islam, which he said actually did undervalue rationality and which he strongly suggested was consequently more...
...their yard signs, Pelosi decided to step on her own coronation by turning what would otherwise have been an all-but-ignored secret ballot for majority leader into a gang war. Instead of quietly accepting that her rival Steny Hoyer would continue to be her second in command, she threw herself into a fierce and ultimately unsuccessful campaign for John Murtha, an old friend whose ethics didn't seem to match Pelosi's talk of a new day in Congress...
...brother to trading them with some of Maine’s top football prospects at Maine Township South High School, where he played no fewer than four positions. “My QB rating in high school must’ve been off the charts because every time I threw, it was like a 60-yard touchdown or something,” Sherlock says. “They never expect the half-back pass or the double-pass, especially in high school.”As a result of his high school fame, the Crimson recruited Sherlock as a running...
...fifteen years, the Fox Club threw an annual Boxer Rebellion party, named after violent efforts by Chinese rebels in 1900 to drive Westerners out of China and to protect Chinese authority in the country. The parties, ostensibly in support of the Chinese rebels—who were quickly and humiliatingly crushed by united Japanese, American, and European forces—involved drinking heavily and, of course, wearing boxers. The point of the event was to skip over the time-consuming process of disrobing and start the night in bedroom apparel, the better to expedite a roll...
...thought Brian was very effective in the low post,” coach Frank Sullivan said. “He threw a couple decent passes, he had some turnovers, but I think he’s off to a very good start...