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...There’s not a thing that our people haven’t gone through in the 350 years since the invaders came,” said Tall Oak Weeden, an historian, activist, and elder in the Wampanoag-Pequot tribe...
...third panelist, Carol Jean Palavra, an elder of the Nipmuc Nation, said that the study of Native American history was key to creating and maintaining unity among members of the indigenous community...
Heartbreak House refers to the English country home of a sarcastic retired sea captain (Jonathan D. Schifferes) and his elder daughter Hesione (Julia M. Runcie ’10), who has just invited a guest to stay with them. Hesione plots to help Ellie Dunn (Mia P. Walker ’10) escape a marriage to “Boss” Mangan (Matthew I. Bohrer ’10), a business magnate whom she does not love...
...Church is ready to do everything possible" to move closer to the world's quarter-million Orthodox believers. Patriarch Bartholomew I echoed the good will, citing "the unwavering journey toward the restoration of full communion among our churches." He even called the Pope "our brother, and bishop of the elder Rome." Their joint declaration touched on two of Benedict's favorite themes: secularization and the Christian roots of Europe. "The process of secularization has weakened" Christian traditions, the statement read. "In the face of this reality, we are called, together with all Christian communities, to renew Europe's awareness...
...Dhabi last week, President George H.W. Bush was asked what advice he was giving his son about Iraq. Bush the Elder declined to answer at first. He said that if he shared his view of Iraq with the audience and "it happened to deviate one iota, one little inch, from what the President's doing ... it would be terrible." But he kept on talking: "It'd bring great anxiety not only to him but to his supporters." And talking: "In the early 1960s, Jim Baker and I were the men's doubles champions in tennis in the city of Houston...