Word: cannot
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...rabbinical monopoly on marriage and burial is increasingly controversial, especially in light of the mass immigration from the former Soviet Union. Immigrants who are not officially Jews, meaning their mothers are not Jewish or they have not been converted by an Orthodox rabbi, cannot get married in Israel. There are very few places where they can be buried. After one such teenager died in a recent terrorist attack, his corpse wandered the country looking for a final resting place. A man was dug up five years after his death when rabbinical authorities questioned his Jewish credentials...
There is very little you cannot reach from Zeng's tiny room: Tibetan-freedom websites, raunchy Danish porn, headlines from the New York Times. Zeng's 1,000 Internet subscribers can dial into his computers from all over Beijing and connect nearly limitlessly to the electronic world. They can send e-mail, photos and news of China. And they can receive practically anything else. When the government blocks a website, as it still is wont to do from time to time, Zeng's customers simply surf elsewhere. Is reuters.com jammed? They can jump to washingtonpost.com...
Surely the results of one scientific dating test cannot be ignored when trying to answer all the questions that are raised. It's the nature of good science to continue to ask good questions. There are speculations that the shroud's image may have been created by a "burst" of energy at the time of the Resurrection. Could such a burst have altered the fabric in a way that would affect the outcome of this modern dating method? JONATHAN SMITH Calico Rock...
Even if science declares the shroud not genuine, that will not change the faith of the millions who venerated it before the ruling and the millions who will continue to do so afterward. In spite of the advances made by science, it cannot alter the inner belief that each human being possesses. ALEX S. MAALIW Noisiel, France...
...Irish settlement raises the possibility that convicted terrorists, some of whom have carried out acts of unspeakable brutality and wickedness, will be released. One cannot help wondering what message will be sent to other terrorists. They will believe that the end can justify the means. PETER GORDON Bournemouth, England...