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...help breaking into a grin whenever he discusses the new project, and smiles haven't come easily to him of late. In the 1990s, he and ADARC established themselves as leaders in the AIDS field by pioneering the early use of the antiretroviral (ARV) cocktails that have reduced the death rate from AIDS (for which Ho was named TIME's Person of the Year in 1996). But in recent years, the center has suffered a series of setbacks, including a scientific paper that required a partial retraction, and the departure of key scientists. These challenges have some in the field...
...here's the catch: past studies by academics such as Meyer and Harvard's Lawrence Katz show that people are most likely to find a job just as their unemployment benefits run out. Many people use that thin cushion to wait until the last minute to act. They pass up lower-paying, less desirable jobs, or they avoid moving to take a job. Adds Davis: "Surveys show people are very pessimistic about this labor market and their job prospects, and they think it's not worth the effort to look. The generosity of benefits makes it easier to take that...
Presidents seldom get the presidency they hoped for. They don't manage their inbox; it manages them, and they have to adjust to the paradox of power: as soon as they get it, they discover they rarely get to decide how to use it. This isn't what I came here to do, a President sighs, to which the answer is, Too damn bad. Lonely and frustrated is what being President means, and when Obama summons his predecessors' ghosts late at night, they can tell him how it went. (See who's who in Barack Obama's White House...
...told Willow Creek pastor Bill Hybels in 1999 that he was going to use him "to create new attitudes on race," he was about a half-century late. Today almost any public gathering the size of Willow Creek's congregation would be more than 2% African American. A decade into the 21st century, and Hybels is considering allowing a black pastor to preach or teach! The United Methodist Church has had black bishops and pastors for predominately white congregations for about 40 years. I wish Hybels success, but in this case, he is not parting the waters of social change...
...wake of a controversial court ruling, extremists in Muslim-majority Malaysia vandalized nine churches, using firebombs and paint. The Malaysian high court's decision held that a Catholic newspaper should be allowed to refer to God by the Arabic Allah. Previously, the government had banned the use of the word in non-Muslim publications. The uproar was a sign of the religious rifts challenging the multicultural nation, which has a 9% Christian minority. The court's ruling will not come into force while an appeal is pending...