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This camp also says that the ancient Israelites' codes for sexual conduct should not govern our conduct in modern America; many throw out the Old Testament entirely and claim that only the New Testament is relevant to the Christian, ignoring the teaching of Christ that His Father is indeed the God referred to in the Old Testament. Infrequently are the teachings of the New Testament on homosexual acts even mentioned on either side of the issue. Hopefully, those reading this will realize that such teaching exists. Other than the passages from I Timothy above, the New Testament also calls homosexual...
...polls? Since last January his approval ratings have dropped from the high 70s to the low 40s. Voter preference polls for the election in the year 2000 are worse: in the most recent national survey, Fujimori placed second, with only 26%, behind Lima Mayor Alberto Andrade. "I don't govern by popularity polls," Fujimori retorts...
MOSCOW: "Russia's government is a presidential system created by Yeltsin, for Yeltsin," says TIME's Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. Lately, that system has broken down, stalled by Boris Yeltsin's fading health. Sidelined by heart trouble and a recent case of pneumonia, Yeltsin has been able to work very little since winning re-election last July. Yeltsin has been convalescing in Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital for a week now, and his doctors now say he will remain hospitalized at least through the end of this week. In his absence, Communist Deputy Viktor Ilyukhin, backed by ultranationalist...
Bowles' appointment--and the manner in which it was made--is the clearest ideological statement about Clinton's second term since his election-night promise to govern from "the vital center." Clinton has turned over the most important job in the White House to a pro-business centrist who pushed hard for a balanced budget, advocated cutting a deal with Republicans and was an internal ally of the liberals' pariah, the consultant Dick Morris. If there were any doubts left, they disappeared when liberal-in-chief Harold Ickes read in the papers about how he was being passed over...
...maintain confidentiality, the names of the individuals involved would be omitted. This effort would make actions by the University, in specific cases, appear less arbitrary. Also, it would further the Ad Board's purpose in educating the University community, by allowing the students access to the rules that govern their lives...