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...Shadegg and Ohio Representative John Boehner ahead of the Feb. 2 vote, there's been a quiet push, led by California's Dan Lungren, to force an election of all of the GOP leadership jobs-except for Speaker Dennis Hastert, who is popular among members. "We need some new vision at the leadership table," says Anne Northup, a GOP member from Kentucky who has called for elections. In fact, the race itself has quickly become a referendum on whether the House needs dramatic change in leadership, which both Shadegg and Boehner say they would bring, or just a new leader...
...first comprehensive theological teaching of Benedict's papacy suggests, there is little grist for those looking for controversy or doctrinal bombshells. Yes, the Pope confronts modern sexuality, declaring that "'sex' has become a commodity," and even takes a parting slap at Marxism in his defense of a Christian vision of good works. But the message is ultimately a clear and simple call for Christian love and charity. Popes typically use their first encyclicals, the most authoritative form of Church writing, to set the tone for their reign rather than to spark debate or overhaul Catholic teachings. With this work, released...
...certain events that leave their mark on pop culture, there comes a flashpoint when everyone's talking about the same thing. Call it the Bennifer blitz, the Monica moment, the Janet Jackson distraction. Ground down and fed up by news that matters, Americans lock their vision on a movie-star romance, a sex scandal, a Super Bowl oops as tabloid headlines and talk-show hosts exploit and orchestrate the public's evanescent fervor...
...more authority over a model's proportions, and there appears to be less bureaucratic meddling. Thomas, who heads design studios in California and Michigan, says he can negotiate vehicle dimensions directly with his counterpart in advanced engineering, eliminating middlemen in marketing, say, who might nibble away at a strong vision. "The only thing that's going to separate our company from the rest is great design," says Mays. Investors just hope Ford can turn those sketches into sales...
...block of marble, and you are its sculptor, wishing to carve it into a stunning sculpture. You have your tools all ready to go, but like any great artist, what must you do before you even make that first cut on the stone? You need to have a vision for your final product; without one, you risk cracking—if not entirely shattering—the piece of marble before ever realizing your masterpiece. Too often, I fear, we start chiseling away—at our own lives, at our own world—without taking that essential first...