Word: chosing
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Both awardees said they were pleased with their honor. "Regardless of the money, I'm honored that the HAA chose me as a representative, not only of the the house but of my peers, of those who contribute to campus life and the community," said Berner, who is involved in the Phillips Brooks House Association's (PBHA) Inner City Outreach summer camp for Dorchester children and serves as co-director of PBHA's program for the hearing impaired...
John Paul's letter reiterated the Vatican's view, set forth in a 1977 decree, that ordination of women is "a break with tradition of a kind we have no competence to authorize," since Jesus chose only male apostles and only men have been ordained since. The Pope criticized the Anglicans for plunging ahead without giving sufficient attention to "the ecumenical and ecclesiological dimensions" of the innovation. The need for such consideration, he stated, is now "urgent" to "prevent a serious erosion of the degree of communion between us." The women's issue, says one Vatican expert, constitutes "a grave...
With a final round of elections set for May 14, there was evidence last week that some local functionaries had not got the message from the first round of votes. In one district of the Russian city of Pskov, the local electoral commission chose the regional party boss again as its uncontested candidate, despite the fact that he lost his first bid at the ballot box. The liberals could at least claim a triumph in the second round of elections at the Soviet Union's Academy of Sciences. After weeks of debate, academy members finally voted Nobel Peace laureate Andrei...
Many activists had raised concerns over Mobil'sdivestment procedure because the company chose notto negotiate with the chemical workers'union--which represents about 1200 of the oilcompany's 1500 Black employees in South Africa...
Nonetheless, Radcliffe chose to retain itsholdings in Mobil, Morrell says, despite a policyof not holding stocks in companies which dobusiness with South Africa's police or military.It is unclear whether Harvard is currentlyinvested in Mobil, although it does not appear onthe list of the University's 50 largest holdingsas of June...