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Blair has made the monarchy an integral part of his plan to modernize Britain, and he is now perhaps the most interesting actor in the royal drama. He has an approval rating of 72%, whereas only 45% of the public view the royal family favorably. Because of his popularity, his...
The University of Pennsylvania received 2,130 applications for its early-decision program, a 16.2 percent increase over last year. Fitzsimmons, however, pointed out that Penn tells students that applying through their binding early-decision program gives students an advantage, whereas others are "less clear about advantages and disadvantages."
Jewish mysticism dates far back into antiquity, but the Kabbalah ("received" teachings) crystallized with the Zohar, the 13th century masterpiece set down in ancient Aramaic by the Spanish Jew Moses de Leon. Superficially, the book was a mystical novel, a kind of Celestine Prophecy precursor. But initiates knew better. Shrouded...
Is this surprising portrait a sign of hope? Or is it just an example of youthful naivete? Probably both. "One word explains it--experience," speculates sociologist Joe R. Feagin. "You have to be out looking for jobs and housing to know how much discrimination is out there. People doing that...
The results? "Despite an overall bias in favor of French over German wine sales," they soberly reported last week in the prestigious science journal Nature, "French wine outsold German wine when French music was being played, whereas German wine outsold French wine when German music was played." What may be...