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...heads East Gates Ministries International, which aids churches in China. Franklin runs two international relief agencies, Samaritan's Purse and World Medical Mission. Both preachers have an enduring passion for motorcycles -- but they differ about the disposition of their father's temporal kingdom. Ned has distanced himself from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and hopes it will go forward under leadership that has "absolute integrity and a mandate from God." Says Ned: "I do not see that anybody can step into my father's place." Franklin knows there's only one Billy but sits on the association's executive committee...
Cooper said he is "not keen" on the prospect ofother countries seeking similar agreements withthe U.S. Because the U.S. shares a border withMexico, American interactions with that countryshould differ significantly from U.S. relationswith more distant nations, he said...
Thus, like Prof. Gates, Jamie Billett asks us "not to attack Mansfield"--or his speech agency--but rather to attack the product he puts in the marketplace: his words, their veracity, etc. The speech-bearer and speech marketplace are neutral, and presumably of course systemically harmless. I beg to differ; both bearer and speech can be harmful...
Though they differ on some policies, advocates of independence and the status quo agree on one critical point: survival of Puerto Rico's culture depends on political space between their island and the U.S. One of the commonwealthers' best slogans promises voters "the best of both worlds" if they retain the present system with only minor changes -- still more federal assistance, for example. Celeste Benitez, who directs the Populares' campaign to preserve the commonwealth status, argues, "We are a people with our own language, our own culture. This plebiscite is about preserving that identity...
Proportional representation and other systems (another one is known as cumulative voting) that differ from the traditional two-party, one-person, one-vote system were the focus of intense scrutiny last spring in connection with President Clinton's nomination of University of Pennsylvania Law Professor Lani Guinier to a civil rights job in the Justice Department...