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...these efforts are intended to heighten the students' sense of connection with the world around them and encourage them to believe in themselves and to make ambitious plans for their own futures. Says Kennedy: "If you can't envision it, you can't work toward it. We talk about college here, not just high school." "Believe and Achieve" is one of his mottoes...
...Sifers said. “But it came at the end of the game with only three minutes left, and it’s really difficult to come back.”With a minute and a half left on the clock, the Crimson hoped to heighten its offensive pressure by pulling goalie Brittany Martin for a 6-on-5 man-advantage.Harvard’s last-ditch efforts were not enough to topple the Huskies, as the game concluded with a 3-2 loss for the Crimson.“We were playing to win; we’re obviously...
...Stanton, Power, and a variety of politicians and foreign policy experts in Washington, including Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, worry that a U.S. pullout would only heighten the dangers of genocide. Some observers have held up Vietnam's long road to stability as a possible model for Iraq, after American troops leave. But says Power, "When you discuss what is left in America's wake you have to acknowledge that Saigon is not the only scenario that is hanging in our midst. What about the Rwanda scenario?" In Rwanda, the 1994 genocide that had been brewing only broke into...
...Third Republic had formally decreed the separation of church and state, and Pope Pius X complained that "God has been driven out of public life." Attempts by militaristic governments in the 20th century to mix God and patriotism, such as Francisco Franco's National Catholicism in Spain, served to heighten the distrust Europeans felt for religion. After the 1960s and '70s, secularism had become a central part of the West European mind-set, so much so that even devoutly Christian leaders - like Britain's Tony Blair - were extraordinarily cautious about proclaiming their faith in the public square. Meanwhile, regular church...
...Once Ratzinger was elected pope, however, interest was sure to heighten in these gatherings, which in the past have covered ecuminism and the Eastern rite church. Last summer, the chosen topic was Islam. Fessio does not deny that evolution may be a top papal priority. "These are the fundamental questions of any human being who becomes aware of himself. Where did I come from? Where I am going? What is the meaning of life - mine and in general?" Fessio says the American debate over ID involves other factors, including separation of church and state. "Intelligent design isn't religion...