Word: confrontational
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...weeks now finds Connell, 76, a fastidious expert on Aquinas who wrote his doctoral thesis on angels, being heckled at Mass, reading editorials demanding his resignation and, since last week, facing a tough government inquiry. The widespread view that he has tried harder to stifle bad publicity than to confront this crisis is undermining his church - which has already seen regular Mass attendance drop 20% since 1998. It can be no consolation either to Collins or Connell that other Catholic prelates around the world are in similar states of siege, as the church comes to terms with its persistent pedophiles...
...enough. Where we were told two weeks ago that only our righteous military might could save us, the administration now calls for a “peaceful resolution” in North Korea. Before news of North Korea, Bush warned that “our security requires that we confront both [terror cells and outlaw regimes], and the United States military is capable of confronting both.” The administration does not dare mention the military in reference to North Korea today, instead calling for work through “diplomatic channels at this point, in consultation with...
...can’t buy food. So the question every week is whether the son will be healthy and the family can’t eat, or whether he’ll be sick and there’ll be food on the table. These same questions do not confront the office workers and executives who work in these same buildings during the day and often earn six-figure salaries. These people are able to afford doctors and medicine to cure the slightest sneeze. The policies of cleaning companies, and the eagerness of institutions and buildings to subcontract work...
...have known only the disorder of war. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon visited Washington last week, where U.S. officials pressed him over the mounting civilian deaths among Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli army. Two years into the intifadeh, Israel faces many of the same frustrations that confront the U.S. 12 months into its "war on terror." "You need patience or you'll make mistakes," says Tibon, who took control in Nablus two months ago, after a year-long leave at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. "There can be no knockout, just a victory...
...current emphasis on blind partisanship is sadly misguided. The ability to consider each issue on its merits and act accordingly has been relegated to a minor concern behind vigorous campaigning for professional politicians. A primary function of HRC and HCD should be to encourage students to confront the important political questions of the day and formulate their own opinions on them, unburdened by preconceived dogma or diatribe. Their failure to do so is a lazy intellectual cop-out. Moreover, without the emergence of individuals from colleges like Harvard who are prepared to question publicly the wisdom of the ruling elites...