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...world outside the Catholic Church, John Paul II is best remembered for his epic role in helping bring down Polish communism at the same time as ensuring a soft landing. But inside the Church his own rule will be remembered as nothing if not authoritarian. John Paul II reasserted, and even amplified the doctrine of "Papal infallibility," and beatified its author, Pope Pius IX. If Vatican II had opened up a conversation between the Bishops and the Vatican, John Paul II closed down the tradition of "collegiality" among the Bishops - which naturally presupposed and even encouraged a diversity of views...
...Lingman provided one of the lone Harvard highlights as she bested Minnesota’s No. 52 Angela Buergis in the first round, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in an epic two hour and 45 minute contest. The victory was particularly meaningful because Buergis had knocked Lingman out of last year’s tournament...
...their identity and raison d’être. Every boast that backfires, every crony that cheats and every Iraqi that blows himself up arouses a bitter, Bostonian satisfaction in Democratic hearts. Democrats have adopted that corrosive combination of helplessness and hopelessness that finds as much delight in an epic Yankee loss in Game 7 of the World Series, back in 2001, as in the Patriots’ first-ever Superbowl victory that same season...
...billed as a high-powered shoot out between crosstown rivals, the top two offenses in Division I-AA colliding in what had the potential to be an epic scoring battle. But the Harvard defense had other plans for Northeastern...
Down three with 2:19 left in the fourth quarter, Harvard took possession of the ball on its own 12-yard line and began an epic 81-yard march downfield that would climax in one of the most disappointing moments of the Crimson’s season...