Word: vows
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...Thais can only hope that Abhisit's own vow to promote national unity will hold. Otherwise, in a time of global economic peril, Thailand will suffer just as badly as it did back when the Democrats were last in power. That was during the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis when the party's inability to discipline unwieldy coalition members led to political paralysis and financial mayhem. Instead of taking decisive action to gird the economy, politicians seemed to spend more of their time squabbling with each other and cooking up corrupt deals that alienated the public. Now that...
...Salvation Army is run by "officers" who, as a condition of their leadership positions, vow to refrain from alcohol and tobacco and only marry other officers so they can devote nearly their entire personal and professional lives to the organization. Future leaders train as "cadets" at Salvation Army colleges. The charity's right to require that its employees and leaders adhere to Christian principles, even though it is partially government-funded, has been affirmed in the courts. The legal victory was a boon for President Bush's "faith-based" programs, which President-Elect Obama has said he will continue...
After the abbey visit, students' reactions ranged from personal to philosophical. Nikki Wyne, 20, a sophomore in blue eye shadow and Jesus-fish earrings, spoke wistfully about the monks' vow of poverty and the simplicity of the service. "Living in the nonmaterialistic environment is, I think, making a huge statement," she said. "I get jittery if I haven't checked my e-mail in an hour...
...Obama's vow to move "swiftly and boldly" is a sign that the incoming Administration is not waiting until the Inauguration to plot a new economic course. Nor, from the sound of it, does it seem like Obama feels he has the luxury of waiting. "We are facing an economic crisis of historic proportion," he said. "While we cannot underestimate the challenges we face, we cannot underestimate our capacity to overcome them. We cannot hesitate and we cannot delay." (See pictures of Barack Obama's campaign behind the scenes...
...Indonesia Protests over Bali Bomber Executions Three perpetrators of the 2002 nightclub bombings that killed 202 people on the resort island of Bali were executed Nov. 9, prompting demonstrations by Islamic radicals who gathered at their funerals to vow revenge and hail the dead--Imam Samudra, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron--as martyrs. Southeast Asian terrorism experts expressed concern that the executions could inspire future attacks and criticized government officials for allowing sympathy for the bombers to grow as the case dragged on. Still, the threat posed by the group behind the attacks, Jemaah Islamiah, is believed to have...