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...myth that any aid is helpful." JONATHAN WALTER, editor of a report released last week by the Red Cross, criticizing global relief agencies in the wake of Asia's Dec. 26 tsunami. The report said competition between aid organizations to spend huge donations made it difficult to coordinate relief efforts...
...past month, screeners like Plante have braced for a new directive from the Vatican. In the wake of the sexual-abuse scandal among U.S. clergy--in which some 80% of the victims were boys--the church seemed poised to carry out a blanket ban on admitting homosexuals, even celibate gays, to its seminaries. Italian newspapers, however, are now reporting that Pope Benedict XVI had signed a somewhat less extreme "instruction." (See accompanying story.) But while awaiting that edict, the psychologists like Plante, who (among other things) help determine whether prospective seminarians are gay, have been drawn into a debate about...
...wake of the Fazio-Fiorani revelations, BPI's bid for Antonveneta has been blocked by magistrates, and its rival, Dutch bank ABN Amro, has taken a majority stake in Antonveneta, making it the first foreign owner of a major Italian lender. Meanwhile, Fiorani, under investigation for allegations of insider trading, market rigging and giving false statements, has resigned as BPI chief...
...nursery school and kindergarten are of afternoon naps after milk (which I didn't like) and cookies (which I did), curled up on a blanket on the floor of a classroom, often in a patch of sunlight coming through a window. It was so easy then to nap and wake up refreshed. I've had to relearn that process in my 60s--without the cookies...
...change I notice is that I get sleepy earlier than I used to, sometimes by 8:30 or 9 if I am having a quiet evening at home. I don't want to go to bed that early, because if I do, I'll get too much sleep or wake up when it's still dark. Sleep experts call this "advancement of the sleep phase" and note that it is a common experience of older people...