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Second, Dr. Haddad did not say that "if neglected by America, Lebanon would almost certainly drift toward antagonism to U.S. interests" and neither did he say that Lebanon could undermine U.S. efforts for peace in the Middle East. What he did say was that the U.S. needed a "Lebanon policy" because the existing situation in Lebanon is and will further be exploited by enemies of the U.S. to sponsor anti-U.S. terrorism and to undermine any U.S.-led peace initiative in the Middle East...
Because, if neglected by America, Lebanon would almost certainly drift toward antagonism to U.S. interests, the former adviser to a Lebanese president told a half-filled Boylston Hall auditorium...
...have John Paul take over the second document and write it as an encyclical. Instead, the Pope and Ratzinger agreed to incorporate advice on the contents of the second text from 35 national conferences of bishops, and as a result the Instruction has a moderate tone. The general drift of the new Instruction became known at an extraordinary meeting at the Vatican last month between the Pope and leading Brazilian bishops. John Paul told the Brazilians that, "purified of elements that could adulterate it, with grave consequences for the faith, this theology of liberation is not only orthodox but necessary...
...once again members began to drift out as the meeting stretched on past midnight. By the time the final vote on the entire $24,000 Grants Budget was about to be made, various council members near me had commented that they did not believe a quorum existed. Despite this no member called for a count of the membership present. As Chairman Brian Offut was about to call the vote, I called "Quorum" and was immediately hissed. Although I persisted, Offut attempted to ignore me, at one point saying: "There seems to be a ringing in my ears." When he finally...
...Barry Lopez. "Much of the tundra," he notes, "appears to be treeless when, in many places, it is actually covered with trees--a thick matting of short, ancient willows and birches. You realize suddenly that you are wandering around on top of a forest." Icebergs the size of Cleveland drift through the dark waters, and sulfur butterflies mysteriously rise in the short, delirious summer. Mirages provide a weird history and geography: "A Swedish explorer had all but completed a written description in his notebook of a craggy headland with two unusually symmetrical valley glaciers, the whole of it a part...