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...hurt by scapegoating good gay priests for the crimes of others? These questions have not gone away. And they resonate far more widely than on the question of sexual abuse. I think it's fair to say that very few people in my generation of 40-year-olds and younger can take the church's sexual teachings very seriously again. When so many church leaders could not treat even the raping of children as a serious offense, how can we trust them to tell us what to believe about the more esoteric questions of contraception, or homosexuality, or divorce? What...
...Ziyi. "I've never since had a student like Jiang Wen." Jiang's stubbornness can make him a chore to work with. Especially now that he's not directing but acting in other people's films. "As an actor Jiang Wen is dangerous," says award-winning author Wang. "The younger generation of directors cannot handle...
...world rankings after contesting the French Open final. Serena's win and Venus' runner-up slot gave them the points to head the list. It could be a long time before anyone dislodges them. Since little sister Serena - she is 15 months younger and 12 cm shorter than Venus - won the U.S. Open in 1999, the sibling rivals' world domination has been gaining pace. One or other has won six of the last 11 Grand Slam titles and two of the last three finals have had a sister on either side of the net. Though they demolish opponents with fearsome...
...fighting the bureaucracy at a large nonprofit convinced her that she would be happier working for herself. She started looking for investors for Firefly Toys last year, just as the economy began sliding toward recession. "A lot of people said, 'How can you do this now?'" Creamer says. "But younger people can take the risk. We don't have a mortgage. We don't have kids." Sept. 11 crystallized her determination. "We're not going to live forever," she says. "Why would I put my dreams on the back burner...
...illegal fisherman off the remote West Australian coast. Georgie Jutland, a seen-it-all nurse, is looking for healing. They meet. Things get prickly. After Thomas Keneally (Schindler's List) and Peter Carey (True History of the Kelly Gang), Winton is Australia's most revered writer. But he is younger and more averse to romanticizing his harsh native landscape. Dirt Music is like that landscape: you can't skip through it, but its unflinching beauty will...