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...summer orientation, at least one meeting of all current and incoming House Masters, and casual dinner conversations will prepare the three pairs of newly-appointed Masters before they are suddenly thrust into the many responsibilities of overseeing an entire House...
...wants them to use the iPad without considering the thousands of decisions and innovations that have gone into what seems a natural and unmediated interaction. "If it works beautifully, it should also work robustly," he says. "It's made for people to chuck onto the car seat and thrust into luggage without thinking. It's not to be delicate with. Have you tried it yet?" "No," I reply. "There's still someone I have...
...stand by what I wrote, though I will not deny that some of the statements I made were perhaps slightly hyperbolic and unclearly phrased," Brennan said. "I think much attention has been unfortunately focused on two or three temptingly incendiary sentences rather than the main thrust of my article...
...Dunkin' Donuts. For all its recent conservative leanings, Indonesia is hardly in danger of turning into a theocratic state, and the nation's pluralistic underpinnings are something Obama will doubtless celebrate during his visit. Predictably, some hard-line Islamic groups have already gathered across the nation to thrust their fists in the air and chant anti-American slogans. But their numbers, so far, have been limited. What reigns in Indonesia, instead, is waning optimism for Obama's efforts to re-engage with the global Islamic community, something he has managed to do with some success in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Last...
Secrecy is a luxury no longer available to Benedict. The recent revelations of sex-abuse scandals in Europe have smashed the perception that predatory priests are an American anomaly. Hundreds of accusations, from Ireland and now mainland Europe, have thrust the Vatican into the grip of its greatest crisis since the 2002 revelations of abuse in the U.S. The church's standing is falling to new lows among believers in its European heartland. Sensing the growing public alarm, some within the clergy are pushing for profound institutional and ecclesiastical changes, including an end to the priesthood's fundamental tenet...