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...court appointees."... To be sure, Reagan's announcement that he intended to elevate [Sandra Day] O'Connor to the highest U.S. Government post ever held by a woman had its roots in partisan politics. Mainly because he had been portrayed by Jimmy Carter as a man who might blunder the nation into war, Reagan had lacked strong support among women in last year's campaign. --TIME, July...
...theology chairman at the University of Notre Dame, Father Richard McBrien, considers the Curran case "the biggest blunder the Vatican has committed with the American church" in two decades. But to a more conservative theologian in Rome "the question is, Why did the Vatican wait so long?" --By Richard N. Ostling. Reported by Erik Amfitheatrof/Rome and Jim Castelli/Washington
...most glaring blunder of this year’s council was its failure to secure a big-name concert, something that all candidates’ platforms assured in the fall. After months of promises that Springfest would include a performance by a major performer, much of the campus was delighted to hear that rapper Snoop Dogg would be gracing Harvard grounds. However, the HCC failed to deliver the goods. The commission clearly worked hard to secure the performer—the College as well as Boston Police Department served as insurmountable hindrances—but they cannot deflect any blame...
...what appears to have been a rhetorical blunder in a speech at Harvard Medical School (HMS) on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said South Korea currently possesses nuclear weapons and is developing a long-range missile program...
...what appears to have been a rhetorical blunder in a speech at Harvard Medical School (HMS) on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said South Korea currently possesses nuclear weapons and is developing a long-range missile program...