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...McKenzie, rustic wit of the prosecution counsel, offered his view of Evolution: ". . . they [Evolutionists] want to put words in God's mouth and have Him to say that He issued some sort of protoplasm, or soft dishrag, and put it in the ocean and said: 'Old boy, if you wait about 6,000 years I will make something...
...Reform will mean more human mobility, which in turn means a freer labor force. Furthermore, large-city dwellers could move to other cities, giving middle-sized cities huge growth potential. Given the many social and economic advantages to hukou reform, it would be unwise for China's government to wait much longer...
...Teele told the columnist it could wait until DeFede showed up at the newspaper the next day. ?Ten minutes later, I got a call that Art had shot himself in the lobby,? DeFede says. ?I was trembling,? he says. ?My hands started shaking. While I was concerned about Art, I thought it had moved past the crisis stage...
...called into the publisher's office,? he says. ?I'm made to wait 20 to 25 minutes. I walked into the publisher's office and the head of the human resources department was there. I'm sitting in this darkened outer office. They had turned out all the lights because it's late.? When he finally got to see the publisher, he says, ?I looked at Jesus and said, ?Are you firing me?' He said, ?Yes, Jim. I think...
...days before his election, the then Cardinal not only heard the cries of "Santo Giovanni Paolo" ringing over St. Peter's Square but also reportedly saw a petition by a substantial number of his peers asking that John Paul's "cause" proceed without the usual five-year wait. Thus Vatican watchers regard the exemption--which Benedict announced personally, in Latin, to roars of approval from a group of seminarians--as not simply a bow to overwhelming lay sentiment but also a kind of political nod to the Cardinals in the name of their collective mentor...