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...Though Williams has held his job twice as long as Benedict, it is the Anglican leader who has the much weaker grip and apparently more fractured flock than the pontiff. Since his 2003 appointment, the Archbishop has struggled to keep his church from splintering over the ordination of gay and women clergy. He was even grilled by the media on Friday over a controversy related to a British Airways ban on employees wearing crucifixes on planes. Meanwhile Benedict, though certainly facing dissent both inside and outside his own Church, faces no real challenges to his authority. "Whatever...
...daily food security." He did say "I was hungry, and you fed me." If the problem is that the current means of measurement don't capture the full experience of hunger in the United States in the 21st century, that argues for better measurements and better solutions - not weaker words...
...Australian optimism. England surged into last year's series, dropping just two of their previous 20 Tests. Since regaining the Ashes they've been inconsistent, while Australia have demolished everything in their path. Australia's batting is stronger than it was for Michael Hussey's inclusion; England look weaker without the injured Simon Jones, opening batsman Marcus Trescothick (ill) and the leadership of Michael Vaughan (injured). Australia hardly ever lose at home?though occasionally they're held to a drawn series, which is all England need to keep the Ashes. "Australia have played poor matches since 1995, but never poor...
...game. “We can rely on her making great plays. She’s wise beyond her years, and it’s great to have someone back there that we can trust.”Facing Brown’s relatively strong middle blocking and weaker outside blocking, the Crimson deviated from its trademark reliance on middle hitters such as Turley-Molony and junior Suzie Trimble and leaned more heavily on its outside hitters.McKinley capitalized on Brown’s weak outside blocking with a match-leading 15 kills.Despite Harvard’s strong attack, the Bears?...
Asher was almost 3 when he began preschool, and that's when the phone started ringing. He was falling down at school. He became weaker and weaker. And after a mild flu, he stopped eating. By Christmas he was emaciated, but with a big, distended belly. His intestines had all but stopped working, and nobody could figure out why. Maybe it was myopathy (a muscle disease) or some sort of nerve-wasting disorder. "Don't try to figure it out," advised a doctor. "Just put in a feeding tube...