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Maybe it’s that the sport is essentially socialized combat to begin with, so any off-the-books brawling seems gratuitous...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Athletes Throwing Punches, Not Passes | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

...film is shortsighted in its consideration of the wider problem of child abuse in the Church. Showcasing advocates of the victims’ rights like Father Tom Doyle does allow viewers to see the work being done within the Church to combat the problem. But by implicating the Church’s most powerful figure—Cardinal Ratzinger, now known as Pope Benedict XVI—in the scandal, the film accuses the entire hierarchy of the cover-up and reconstructs Church history to peripherally implicate priest celibacy as the cause of clergymen’s sexual deviance...

Author: By Kathleen A. Fedornak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Movie Review: "Deliver Us From Evil" | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

...Today, Pearl's widow, Marriane Pearl, is raising the couple's son, Adam, who was born four and a half months after his father's death. A non-profit foundation set up by the Pearl family in Daniel Pearl's name promotes interfaith dialogue and attempts to combat the mind-set that led to his murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fingering Danny Pearl's Killer | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

...problems we face in the world today is...illiteracy of religion and culture,” Asani said, adding that understanding faith in society could help combat stereotypes...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett and Evan H. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Professors Say This Core Is Solid | 10/10/2006 | See Source »

...that's a problem for the military. Every time an unauthorized person or vehicle is spotted on the range, training sessions are halted. In 2003, 450 training hours were lost to this kind of interference; last year the figure tripled to 1,381 hours. That leaves pilots going into combat with fewer flying hours, and it costs millions in wasted fuel and man-hours. Powerful people are taking note of this little-known price of illegal immigration. "We've had to discontinue something like 15% of the training days," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld grumbled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Illegals in the Line of Fire | 10/10/2006 | See Source »

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