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...filmic appeal of "Thou shalt not kill" and "Thou shalt not commit adultery" is obvious; it is interesting to see what Kieslowski does with "Thou shalt not bear false witness." "Decalogue 8" is another prickly tangle of ethics. A young Jewish girl is to be temporarily adopted by a Christian couple during World War II. At the last minute, the couple changes their mind. They cannot bear false witness to the temporary "Christianization" of a Jewish girl, even by a priest, when they know that no real religious conversion has taken place. The woman who has arranged the adoption...

Author: By Cicely V. Wedgeworth, | Title: Director of 'Red' Brings Epic 'Decalogue' to the MFA | 4/6/1995 | See Source »

...commit to improvements to the system for the annual contribution" that the city makes to the hospital's budget anyway, Healy said, "it will appear to make both fiscal and service sense...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Cambridge Hospital Reports $11M Surplus | 4/4/1995 | See Source »

...eight known groups, all were political, without religious overtones. In 1980, a year after Islamic radicals overthrew the Shah of Iran, overtly religious terrorist groups made their appearance. Of the 48 international groups active in 1992, almost a quarter were religiously motivated. Shi'ite groups, though they commit less than 10% of the attacks worldwide, account for 30% of all the killings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRICE OF FANATICISM | 4/3/1995 | See Source »

...recruits are in the cult's grip, they encounter a darker side, even if they do not recognize it. Their charismatic leader preaches that they are surrounded by enemies, that nonbelievers are out to crush them and that God commands vengeance. In some sects they are told to commit violent acts, says Hoffman, "because the only way they can hasten redemption or achieve salvation is to eliminate the nonbelievers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRICE OF FANATICISM | 4/3/1995 | See Source »

Burnett insists he would never commit violence but refuses to condemn those who do. As for a conspiracy, he claims that if there is one, he knows nothing about it. Burnett says he and several magazine staff members were called last year before a federal grand jury in Portland that was investigating Shannon's involvement in a series of arsons. When the indictment was handed up, only Shannon was charged in attacks at nine clinics in Oregon, California, Nevada and Idaho. Prosecutors and federal agents are still pressuring her to implicate others. "There is no question that the government thinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RHETORIC OF TERROR | 3/27/1995 | See Source »

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