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Father Dan Finn, of St. Peter's Church in Dorchester, says he has noticed U2's drawing power in Boston's Irish community. When planning his church's St. Patrick's Day noon mass, he realized that the concert would likely be popular with many of the congregation's young people...
...thought, wouldn't it be great if U2 could actually come to the cathedral?" he said. Finn got in touch with the band's manager through a friend, who told him the band was interested. At press time Finn was still waiting to hear from the band...
...Finn, who is a U2 fan, said he believes young Irish people should hear the band's message. "A lot of their songs are very much in line with peace in Northern Ireland," Finn said...
...segregated math and science classes. Diane Ravitch, an Assistant Secretary of Education, complains that much of the report "is just special pleading and, frankly, whining." Opportunities are opening up, she says, and girls should be urged to take advanced courses, not told that they are victims. Chester Finn, director of Vanderbilt University's Educational Excellence Network, thinks disparities simply show that students have different interests and abilities. He considers gender complaints a diversion from the overall weakness of U.S. education: "It stinks. It's dreadful." Ravitch adds that America is indeed biased, not against girls but "against academic achievement...
...judges who grade the form of a jump still mark down the V flyers, but not as severely as in the past. A master who makes the new technique appear almost graceful is Toni Nieminen, the 16-year-old Finn favored for gold on both the normal and large hills. He will be challenged by a trio of V-jumping Austrians. The cult figure Edwards, however, won't be flapping at Albertville; he was left off the British team, a move he attributes to "politics...