Word: assertation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Catechism explains: "The task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living, teaching office of the Church alone" (emphasis added). What kind of Catholic would assert that his own conscience is an authority greater than that of the Church...
Some consultants point the finger at Deric, saying he is too clingy and possessive of her. She admits that she wants to assert herself, but as we find out, it is only to be in control of ending her life whenever she wants. She has hidden bottles of sleeping pills all over the house. Diana and Deric are finally allowed to see their file when one consultant tells them the reason they have not gotten any help is because the first doctor who ever saw her diagnosed her as suffering from hysteria. Since then all the other doctors have subscribed...
...death? That's exactly what happened, according to the lawyer for one of two youths charged with murdering James Jordan. He reportedly died last July while he slept in a car parked alongside a North Carolina highway. Court papers the defense filed today in Robeson County, North Carolina, assert that Jordan staged the death to avoid huge gambling and business debts, as well as a threatened paternity suit in Illinois.Sources close to the case tell TIME reporter Lisa Towle that the defense has evidence that no blood was found in the car. Furthermore, the defense claims it has been denied...
...vying with the issue of spousal abuse for attention. As in the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill showdown over sexual harassment, many black women feel caught between the pressure to stand loyally by a black man perceived to be under attack by the white establishment and the need to assert their rights as women. Last week, after black male leaders urged Garcetti not to pursue the death penalty against Simpson, Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred wrote to the district attorney on behalf of the Women's Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund: "Since you have chosen to meet & publicly with...
...Puerto Rican problem, a Tyson executive called George Watts, president of the Broiler Council, who in turn called Espy's chief of staff and the acting Assistant Agriculture Secretary. Since USDA rules don't require the importer's name on consumer-size packages, Watts urged the department to assert the primacy of federal law. Just nine days after Clinton's Inauguration, when the Administration had barely appointed enough staffers to run the department, a career USDA lawyer drafted a letter to Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Rossello, making that rather technical argument. Espy signed it three days later...