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...Pope's heart. We're plain talkers, not afraid to wade into deeply divisive theological and moral questions and yet always cognizant of our spiritual grounding harking back to this country's origins. The truth is that the previous Pope and the handpicked bishops that rule the dioceses have driven out any plain talkers. That was all done with the iron hand of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger behind the scenes as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He wants a church made up of Ave Maria University zealots - the chosen few who will preserve Catholicism...
Williams had driven 1,200 miles (1,900 km) to Eldorado, Texas, in the hope that a brief encounter with modernity would allow him--and others like him--to push it once more far from his life. He is a believer in an antique and renegade Mormon sect that has endeavored for more than a century to keep polygamy alive in North America. His three sons were among the 437 children removed in early April from the sect's ranch in Texas, and Williams was doing his part to get them back...
...years,” said Linguistics chair Jay H. Jasanoff ’63. “I think a lot of that has to do with Larry Summers and the personnel in the dean’s office. A lot of the complaints a few years ago were driven by Larry Summers and his agenda...
...We’re certainly being driven through the mission and therefore the Faculty is going to be more accepting of it,” Smith said. “Because what we’re trying to accomplish aligns with what the Faculty is trying to accomplish in both our academic and curricular programs...
...French policymaker, the single European currency hit a new all-time high against United States currency last Tuesday: It briefly cost 1.60 dollars to buy a euro. The dollar’s weakness predates the current financial crisis investment banks are fretting about and the prophecy of recession. Driven by gargantuan budget deficits in Washington and compounded by a negative American trade balance, the euro has been gaining ground against the dollar for years...