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...Lebanon is a society fragmented along religious and political lines and ruled by a weak central government that is reluctant, if not powerless, to police semi-autonomous, armed factions like Hizballah that are backed by foreign powers. In 1975, civil war erupted between pro-Palestinian Lebanese factions and mainly Christian groups that could no longer tolerate the Palestine Liberation Organization operating in their country. More than 100,000 Lebanese died before the civil war officially ended...
...should be," said Naperville Superintendent Alan Leis. "But there needs to be more than wrestling over who's better than who." Class rankings, a tradition at many schools, have long helped universities and colleges - especially the Harvards and Princetons of the world - weed out the weak students from the strong, the ones with not only promise but the ambition to excel and meet the rigors of higher education...
...least a dozen, were sparked by the crash of an American convoy into a crowd of civilians. "The speed with which the government lost control of the city and rampaging demonstrators were able to take over the streets signalled to the Taliban and others that Kabul's defenses were weak. Now they are taking advantage," said a Western security analyst...
...Given Williams' institutionally weak position within the communion (he's no Pope), it's perfectly reasonable for him to favor such a consensual process. But there is a real question as to whether some conservatives in the U.S. and elsewhere will be willing to wait that long for their divorce from Episcopalianism. Several American dioceses have already requested to be put under the authority of non-Episcopal bishops from overseas...
...rivals Davis and Miriam Hopkins in Old Acquaintance and pressed a skeptical Ida Lupino to abandon makeup to play a pushy older sister in the bleak 1943 drama The Hard Way?a film that won Lupino accolades. "My strong points were my relationships with the actors," Sherman said. "My weak points were accepting assignments when I should have said...