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When she was appointed in the fall of 1987, Schussler Fiorenza says, she was the first woman to have an endowed chair at the school. The author of 12 books, including In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins, she joined the faculty only last year...
...Memorial Hall option is not a student center," says Amy B. Zegart '89, former vice-chair of the Undergraduate Council and an author of the original resolution calling for a student center. "It was a bittersweet piece of news. Long-term improvements will be made, but it's definitely not what we want...
...Krauthammer has written, we are currently experiencing "the greatest global democratic awakening in history." Of course, it would be naive and even callous to proclaim that democracy, freedom, and peace are on the march everywhere. Just ask Blacks in South Africa, the editors of La Prensa in Nicaragua, British author Salman Rushdie, forced into hiding by Iranian fundamentalists, Palestinians fighting for independence, or the many other peoples who remain oppressed by their governments or still seek independence from neo-colonial rule. And the price of rebelling against authoritarian regimes, as seen in streets of Beijing and in Panama City following...
...morally complicated human beings living together, confronting and battling one another from time to time, but ultimately yielding, compromising and coexisting in harmony." If Japan can extend that philosophy to its economic partners, relationships will thrive. In fact, the talk of Japanese internationalism is more than sentimental optimism. Says author Tasker: "They may not create their own momentum for change. They have to be pushed, but when they move, they move." The U.S. ought to give Japan greater credit for movement, even as it keeps up the pressure for more...
...troops would be used in Tbilisi." Others complained about Gorbachev's failure to improve his people's standard of living and mentioned rumors that he is building a fancy dacha for himself on the Black Sea in Crimea. Even the man who stood up to nominate Gorbachev for President, author Chingiz Aitmatov, did so with a few cavils. Gorbachev, he said, had made "serious mistakes," notably a failure so far to turn around the country's faltering economy and to keep a lid on ugly ethnic rivalries...