Word: alongism
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...also brought an increased focus on fundamentalist beliefs and hostility toward other religions back to the Catholic Church. His desire to reunite the modern Roman Catholic Church with several more conservative factions, such as the Society of St. Pius X, of which Williamson is a member, along with his steadfast condemnation of birth control and homosexuality, reveals a troubling pattern of conservatism during his reign. While the reunification of the Catholic Church is a commendable goal, Pope Benedict XVI must be more prudent in his actions in the future. He needs to show good faith toward the global community...
...undergraduate was robbed with a "realistic BB gun" while walking along Plympton St. Saturday night, according to the Harvard University Police Department. HUPD and Cambridge police officers apprehended the alleged suspect outside of the Au Bon Pain on Mass. Ave, according to HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano, who said the suspect will be handled by the Cambridge Police Department because the crime occurred outside HUPD's jurisdiction. Catalano said that there is no continuing threat to public safety. —Check TheCrimson.com for updates throughout the weekend...
...rest was all hard work, forcing myself to get better because I had to, because my kids need and deserve it. And, once I hacked at it for long enough, praising, cajoling, pleading, and teaching my way through indifference and distrust, these amazing young people started to come along for the ride...
...Lowered the crime rate, improved police relations with the community and introduced basic technological advancements in the police department in Buffalo along with instituting random drug testing of officers...
From a distance, it looks like an ordinary movie poster. Pasted to a bus shelter wall along Madrid's central Calle Segovia, it depicts a thin child looking upward toward credits printed in that look-at-me font that film-publicity posters seemingly always use. It's only when you get close enough to read the title credits that you realize something is amiss. "Ask Al Gore," one passerby queried his companion. "That's the name of a movie...