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...arguments against the CRR swirl around and sometimes contradict each other. But in the absence of even a half-hearted philosophical (as opposed to procedural) defense of the continued existence of the CRR in the '80s, these criticisms strike to the heart of the University's insecurity about its own actions...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: The CRR: No Responsibility, No Legitimacy | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

...caucus is the opportunity for members of a party to get together and work out their differences so as not to contradict each other on the floor. When causes were open to the press the public was able at least to learn what different opinions existed and how the state would potentially be run. Now even this glimpse will be denied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Secrecy in the Statehouse | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

Perhaps this analysis of White House maneuvering explains an extraordinary series of disclosures scored recently by The Wall Street Journal and especial by Joel Brinkley of The New York Times. Secret and important intelligence reports trickle out with suspicious regularity Unnamed sources contradict even discredit, the Administration line. Are White House aides, along with career CIA and State Department officials worried about their own futures trying to sidestep the political morass of Central America by preventing Reagan from being Reagan in Nicaragua...

Author: By Paul DUKE Jr, | Title: Stopping Reagan From Being Reagan | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...said that Harvard does not encourage through its investments any activity that Kennedy's proposal would restrict. Therefore, Bok added, his personal endorsement of Kennedy's bill does not contradict University policy...

Author: By Joseph F. Kans, | Title: Bok Endorses Measures To Pressure South Africa | 4/3/1985 | See Source »

...marriage itself." Jesuit Richard McCormick of Georgetown University claims "a lot of bishops believe you can't find the arguments to sustain papal teaching." Father Charles Curran of the Catholic University of America doubts that the ban is based on good reasoning, concluding that "faith and reason cannot contradict one another." Curran and McCormick think that the Pope may crack down on dissident priests and make the birth control issue a litmus test in appointments of bishops and seminary professors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Bold Stand on Birth Control | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

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