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...Glasgow last month and transferred to London's Lyric Theatre for two weeks before going on tour in Scotland next month and England this fall. Gaiman explains to his young fans that the book was inspired by a nightmarish fantasy his daughter Maddy once had. The children are rigorous cross-examiners. "But from where exactly in her bedroom did the wolves appear?" a skeptical 8-year-old girl wants to know. Gaiman answers with not a moment's hesitation: "A foot above her head and a little to the left." As the famed creator of entire comic-book universes, Gaiman...
...Ethiopia gather to bless an urn of water scooped from the lake that surrounds them. They pray over the water for three days and ask God to sanctify it in the name of Jesus. Then, in a small stone alcove, the head monk pours the water over a silver cross, its detailed engravings worn almost smooth with centuries of polishing, and onto the heads of believers who come in their dozens to be baptized. For the rest of the year the waters of Lake Tana, the eastern source of the Nile, are important to the holy men for more prosaic...
...athletes have earned Rhodes scholarships, including one during the 2004-2005 year. On Saturday at McCurdy Track, a number of his former stars returned to pay tribute to Haggerty, joining also in a celebration of the 30 year anniversary of the women’s track and cross country programs. In the meet itself, the men lost to Yale by a score of 114-48. The women also fell to the rival Bulldogs by a final tally...
...that vein, we hope that the U.S. and Europe pressure other nations to follow their lead and cease their funding of the Hamas-operated Palestinian Authority (PA). Nevertheless, supporting the Palestinian people is a noble goal; therefore, humanitarian aid should continue to flow through organizations such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Following the attacks, Israel could have launched a campaign of retribution and broad destruction of Palestinian infrastructure. Rather, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took measured steps to stop travel in select, dangerous areas of the West Bank and to target only leaders of Islamic Jihad. This...
...prosecution's attempt to chip away at the credibility of the two men worked fairly well during Skilling's four-day cross-examination. Skilling was at times testy and had difficulty giving straight answers to questions as simple as his responsibility to shareholders. While he had the jury chuckling along with him at times this week, his haughty lectures on VARs and CDRs (Google them) might not have gone over so well. Lay, a preacher's son from Missouri who went from economics professor to pipeline wizard and mega-millionaire, may be a tougher target. Rotating calmly in his swivel...