Word: ideas
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...forthcoming book Tearing Asunder: Annulment American Style, says that on this issue, "the church in the U.S. is practically in schism with Rome." An overstatement, perhaps, but in 1994 Pope John Paul II warned the Roman Rota, the Vatican court to which Rauch Kennedy has appealed, against a "mistaken idea of compassion and mercy" that might cloud true justice...
...cumbersome welfare system to private firms. Several companies, including Lockheed Martin and IBM, are eager to bid on what is expected to be a $2 billion multi-year contract. The unions fear not only the loss of thousands of government jobs in Texas but also the possibility that the idea could spread to other states. The day after the union snubbed the gala last week, the Clinton Administration disappointed state officials by declaring what it called a compromise: private companies could begin computerizing the paperwork, but the larger task of determining who is eligible for various forms of assistance should...
Government agencies and advocates for the homeless now have a better idea of the size of the Cambridge homeless population thanks to the first-ever Cambridge homeless census, conducted earlier this winter by the city's Multi-Service Center for the Homeless (MSCH...
Johnny doesn't know any better than to say exactly what he's feeling at the moment. He assumes that a statement like "most Koreans don't speak English" is an incisive social commentary and that if you want a woman to open her bathrobe, the best idea is to say point-blank, "Open your robe." All the same, the impish sincerity that drives all of this makes him impossible to ignore...even for Frankie, who seems to find very few things impossible to ignore...
Either multiple students groups, with the support of the University, must make a determined effort to make Springfest big--with lots of available alcohol and several bands over a two or three-day period. Or, if this is a pipe-dream, the Council should bag the whole idea and spend its money on something worthwhile...