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...scandal that has already cost the Roman Catholic Church dearly in moral authority is beginning to take a serious economic toll. In a landmark agreement in Ireland last week, the church offered $110 million to compensate thousands of victims of sexual and physical abuse that occurred over several decades in church-run schools there. Meanwhile, a Tucson, Ariz., diocese settled for an undisclosed sum with former altar boys who said they were molested by their priest, a quiet deal that typifies how these cases are handled in the U.S. Less common is the very public court battle of John Geoghan...
UNEASY RIDERS The downside of baby boomers getting in touch with their inner Hell's Angel is a mounting death toll. New studies show motorcycle fatalities are up 35% in just three years. The increase is mostly among riders 40 and older and those who ride big bikes. Contributing factors are speeding, drinking alcohol and not wearing a helmet...
President Thabo Mbeki told the World Economic Forum in New York that South Africa has "the most comprehensive AIDS program in the world." Unfortunately, says Achmat, a veteran A.N.C. supporter and anti-apartheid activist in his youth, in maternity and pediatric wards the death toll says otherwise...
...years that followed, Margaret indulged herself in a lifestyle that took a toll on both her health and her popularity. "She was not our favorite royal," said a 40 - ish Mayfair manicurist last week. "We resented having our tax money going to support her hedonistic lifestyle." Margaret smoked - up to 60 cigarettes day at one point - and drank heavily. Her name was linked with a variety of men, in particular Roderick Llewellyn, a landscape gardener 17 years her junior with whom she had an affair that lasted several years...
...newspaper Maariv a week ago showed that Sharon's domestic approval rating had fallen below 50 percent for the first time since his landslide victory. Clearly, Israel's grinding economic recession and the absence of any signs of progress towards resolving its conflict with the Palestinians are taking its toll on domestic politics...