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...Lastly, those hoping to find rich descriptions of the Indian culture or landscape should pick up Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book...
...Democrats, if you don’t pick up the ball, then you don’t deserve it,” Jarding said. “Throw the Democrats...
Opus Dei is not a kind of spiritual pick-me-up for casual Catholics. It features a small, committed membership (85,500 worldwide and a mere 3,000 in the U.S.), many of whom come from pious families and are prepared to embrace unpopular church teachings such as its birth-control ban. Members take part in a rigorous course of spiritual "formation" stressing church doctrine and contemplation plus Escriv's philosophy of work and personal holiness. Opus' core is its "numeraries," the 20% who, despite remaining lay, pledge celibacy, live together in one of about 1,700 sex-segregated "centers...
...regulators for not going far enough in the cleanup campaign. A settlement reached in 2003 with 12 Wall Street firms forced disclosure of analyst conflicts, set aside $460 million to fund and distribute unbiased stock research to individual investors and linked analyst pay to the performance of stocks they pick. That's a lot better than the old days, when an analyst might tout stock of a so-so company purely to ingratiate himself with management...
...energy. In the country, she rides (helmetless) or walks the hills every day. Her staff is organizing her schedule to keep her visible and active with less strain by hosting more events at Buckingham Palace, and when she travels, seeing more people at slightly fewer venues. Her children will pick up more of her duties. But all who know her say that barring physical collapse, she will not abdicate in favor of Charles...