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...month after meeting spear-carrying warriors in the South Seas, Pope John Paul II visited alien territory again: Switzerland, where his conservatism has drawn fire from both Protestants and liberal Catholics. But throughout his six-day tour last week, the Pope stood his ground...
...results from the analysis-of-argument test were striking. The scores of seniors were significantly higher than those of freshmen, especially on the second part of the test, when they were asked to reverse their positions. Seniors were more adept at mounting effective and logical arguments supporting an alien viewpoint...
...South Korea was evident on Sunday when, right after the "shooting" scare, the Pope presided over rites canonizing 103 martyrs, the first such group ceremony outside of Rome. The new saints were killed under 19th century monarchs of the Yi dynasty, who suppressed what was then a tiny, alien sect. The site of the canonization Mass, Seoul's Yoido Plaza, is usually reserved for the May 8 observance of Buddha's birthday. But since the Catholics' ten-story cross and shell-shaped altar were too monumental to be dismantled in time, the Buddhists agreed to step aside...
Brownmiller correctly points out that "the singlemindedness with which a man may pursue his non-reproductive goals is foreign not only to the female procreational ability, it is alien to the feminine values and emotional traits that women are expected to show." But implicit in this statement is the value judgment that such singlemindedness is a good trait. The author ends her book with a chapter titled "Ambition." Why not end it with a chapter titled "Compassion"? Perhaps comparisons of men and women should begin with a questioning of male-dictated criteria of evaluation...
...since January 1, 1982. It reduces the administrative toll because it has one uniform policy instead of Simpson's two-tiered proposal. Furthermore, it eliminates the "residing continuously" qualification, allowing for up to 45 day absences annually and a waiver for absences due to "undue hardship of the alien, his spouse, parent, or child...