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...Catholic historians, Kűng claims that infallibility as propounded by Vatican I had less to do with the church's desire to preserve doctrine than Pius IX's desire to increase his authority at a time when he was blatantly lobbying to maintain a weakening grip on the Papal States...
Today, of course, the country remains in the grip of the regime. But, as Andreas Papandreou suggested in a recent interview, the survival of the dictatorship cannot be laid to the apathy or disinterestedness of the people whom it rules. The junta persists because the traditional strength of the right in Greece had been buttressed by American support...
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...monkey wrench is not a pipe-working tool because the inside of its jaws are smooth, and it cannot grip pipe. A Stillson wrench has the serrated jaws and toggle action needed to grip pipe...
Before any discussion of the mechanics of constituting such a union, or the ways it might operate, we should all be clear on the grounds for its necessity. The best way to get a grip on this is to look at the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities. What the history of the CRR and of student discipline at Harvard-Radcliffe in recent years shows us, above all, is the utter untruth of the myth that this University is a community of different people with a common interest-such as "the pursuit of truth." All the administration's and Faculty...