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...former Archbishop of Cracow, Karol Wojtyla, was elevated to the papacy in 1978, at a time when the Church was in the grip of an internal debate over how to interpret the doctrinal changes adopted the previous decade in the process known as Vatican II. And he steadfastly held the line against those in the European and North American clergy and laity who saw in Vatican II an opening to democratize the Church and emphasize the primacy of individual conscience, which would both move the church into line with the broader societies of the West, or at least help them...
Usually, D.C. has been a place slow to change because of the federal government’s death grip on it. While the federal government, unsurprisingly, is willing to give the District money, it’s less politically expedient to use D.C. as a testing ground for innovative changes that might improve the poor quality of life of its majority-black residents...
...power struggles and realignments in Palestinian politics - and it appears unlikely that all three of his positions would be filled by a single successor. The immediate implications for any peace process will be uncertain, although the Israelis and the Bush administration have long insisted that breaking Arafat's grip on the Palestinian national movement is a prerequisite for progress...
...three-month stint as a jackeroo--a ranch hand who wrangles sheep and cattle in the Australian outback--during his gap year between high school and college. Stopping at the Taronga Park Zoo for a photo op with local wildlife, Harry struggled to get a safe grip on this echidna. Also bristling were some Australian politicians, who complained about the $400,000 it costs to guard his highness. Of course the boost in tourism dollars from schoolgirls and lurking paparazzi should help offset the bill...
...various ways (including another philandering husband), already feels dated. So post-9/11 plays are moving on, trying to lift the event into a new realm, transforming it with allegory and metaphysics. But in grasping at grandiosity, the newest generation of post-9/11 plays is losing a grip on any feeling for the concrete, recognizable ways that real human beings reacted to the tragedy...