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...Simply comparing the GDP of China with that of the U.S. does not give a complete picture of the two economies. The cost of living is much lower in China. Venkataraman V. Subramanian Trichy, India...
...most spectacular expression of Akinola's position was his transoceanic embrace in December of 15 Episcopal congregations in Virginia that, put off by the 2003 ordination of V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay bishop, became parishes of his thriving African archdiocese 5,400 miles away. It effectively constitutes a competing Anglican body on U.S. turf. He may make global news when all 38 Anglican primates meet in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Feb. 14 to continue an anguished homosexuality debate that--unlike in the States, where only a minority are expected to leave the denomination--could split the world body...
...Simply comparing the GDP of china with that of the U.S. does not give a complete picture of the two economies. The cost of living is much lower in China. Venkataraman V. Subramanian Trichy, India...
...lens), and the fists beat harder on hood and roof and windshield, in a taunting, accelerating cadence: boom -- -- boom -- boom-boom-boomboomboom boom. The driver, a Palestinian whose taxi had the blue license plates of the occupied territories and not the hated yellow Israeli plates, gave the Palestinian V-sign of solidarity with his fingers (the gesture, seen everywhere in the territories, means not peace, as in Viet Nam days in America, but rather, ''We are here; we endure; we exist; we will not give up''). But the pounding went on, for the foreigner was suspect, an intruder...
...weekend for the duration of a three-week trial period. A previous three-week trial period had included weekly grants that amounted to only $50 each. The interest in the initial three-week trial “was not incredibly high,” according to Jon T. Staff V ’10, who presented the bill calling for the grant increase along with fellow first-years Nworah B. Ayogu and Soren Rosier. At issue, said Agoyu in the course of the presentation, were the limited options available to potential party hosts faced with only a $50 grant...