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Getting the idea off the ground never promised to be simple. Canon Ed Rodman, minister to minorities for the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, recently recalled the Covenant's genesis. "It really has two origins," Rodman said. One group, consisting mainly of "grass roots people" and ministers, hoped to turn the drive for racial harmony into a people's movement. The other, headed by members of the Roman Catholic clergy and Black Protestant ministers, wanted to stress the role of the organized church in promoting racial justice, Rodman said. The two were called to a meeting by Fr. Michael Groden...
...canon, who did not sign the Covenant and wears no olive branch ("I'm not a hypocrite," he said), started the Boston Urban Coalition with other Episcopalians who wish to approach the issues of the Covenant from a different perspective. "You could say that on one level, the problem in the city is between Black folks and Catholics," he said. "But to think that they're the only ones who have a stake in the city--that's ludicrous." Rodman believes the Covenant organizers have erred in limiting the concept to the city of Boston, but said they have done...
...detective? Is he a woman? Is he Drood himself? Through the drama swirl the premonitory themes of drug addiction and Eastern religion, played out by a varied cast of supporting characters (and suspects): the cheerful clergyman Crisparkle; Mr. Grewgious, one of the very few likable lawyers in the Dickens canon; the admirable young naval officer, Lieutenant Tartar; the sulky clerk Bazzard; and the bullying philanthropist, Mr. Honeythunder. All are the products of a unique and fevered imagination; none can possibly be reproduced. Or can they...
...appearance with the band, said that "sleeping on the floor of the B.C. hockey rink where the Band lodged during its stay in Boston-really wasn't that bad except for the noise. There was a large amount of snoring and thrusting and things." Joe's band instrument? The canon...
Morgan is one of thousands of prisoners across the country who are engaged in useful and sometimes even profitable work. The range of jobs is wide, from assembling solar energy panels and setting type to milking cows and, in Colorado, building a new $6 million prison near Canon City. Convicts in Thomaston, Me., cannot keep up with demand for their sturdy hardwood furniture. A production line at Minnesota's Lino Lakes penitentiary repairs Toro Trimmer-Weeders, outperforming the company's own employees. Not all these employed prisoners are male; select inmates at the Colorado Women's Correctional...