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...with the iron hand of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger behind the scenes as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He wants a church made up of Ave Maria University zealots - the chosen few who will preserve Catholicism as the Pope envisions it in all its medieval splendor. To think that the church has gone from John XXIII to this Pope in just over 40 years. William Tunney, Grantsville, Maryland...
...therefore ever in danger of becoming a caricature of himself.For now, however, the product still sounds fresh and the songs are more than enough to hold fans over until the inevitable next Bejar release. “Trouble in Dreams” may not match the awe-inspiring splendor of “Rubies,” but Destroyer has still compiled another set of precious gems...
Babylon reached its greatest heights in the early 6th century B.C. under the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, who endowed his capital with unequaled architectural splendor. Cuneiform sources offer little evidence of what the city looked like, but classical accounts - in particular, by the 5th century Greek historian Herodotus - describe a city that extended for 14 miles (23 km) in each direction, divided in the middle by the mighty Euphrates, and fortified by five sun-dried mud-brick walls, each up to 23 ft. (7 m) thick. The walls guarded a spectacular inner city, whose grand streets ran parallel...
Shahriyar may see Shahrazad as the vessel of all earthly knowledge and heavenly splendor, but that notion has walked hand-in-hand with more obvious forms of sexism for centuries. One should also consider that al-Hakim once wrote a manifesto in which he declared himself to be “an enemy of woman.” Still, there is something to be said for remaining faithful to a playwright’s own vision, and Malik and company seem to have done that to best of their ability...
...this past spring. Competition is keen: a record 10 liners made their maiden voyages on Europe's waterways this past summer, boosting capacity by nearly a quarter. Similar growth is predicted for summer 2008, with vessels of all sizes making their European debuts, from Carnival's 3,006-passenger Splendor to the bijou 118-passenger M.S. Swiss Sapphire river cruiser from Tauck World Discovery...