In shock and awe
As a historical comparison, it might not be precisely correct to see as congruent John McCain's declared possibility of a 100-year United States presence in Iraq to the so-called Hundred Years' War in medieval Europe.
The 'globesity' epidemic
In the past, the word 'malnutrition' conjured up visions of the thin, emaciated bodies of men, women and children who do not have enough food to eat. - Dr Anthony Vendryes
Paganism and Christianity: Clash and accommodation
On Easter Sunday, the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, the bacchanal competes with the festival of the resurrection of Jesus the Christ in the public square, and for the hearts and minds of men. - Martin Henry
Easter murders
About 2000 years ago, a brutal murder was committed. Thousands of Jewish and Roman citizens lynched a man, whose only crime was taking on an unjust administration, speaking the truth and kicking over a few tables in a temple. - Orville W. Taylor
Pruning pensions and perks
It is tax-gathering time again and the pressured payers are hearing that some privileged parliamentarians are to suffer a pruning of their precious perquisites. - Ken Jones
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