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Most of the current arguments, says Rogan, center on physical strength and its importance in soldiering. But, she points out, women are growing up stronger because of school sports programs under Title IX. Even if most women cannot do as many chin-ups or run as far as fast as most men, can they still make capable modern soldiers? Regan's answer, which the book mainly bears...
...following year--bolstered by Title IX's guarantee of equal funding to men's and women's sports, as well as intense lobbying at the Athletic Department--the club rose to Varsity Level II status and compiled a season record...
Miller points to the fact that the NCAA still has a case in federal court challenging Title IX, which could help female athletes receive funding equal to that of their male counterparts...
...computer in his translation from 16th century French. Nostradamus' predictions, originally titled Centuries, are contained in 1,050 verses, mostly quatrains. He is said to have conceived his vague but troubling visions while staring into a brass bowl filled with water; he is otherwise best known as Charles IX's doctor. Published in November 1980, De Fontbrune's book at first drew little attention. Then, last May, readers began to interpret the attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II in Rome as a fulfillment of Nostradamus' prophecy that a Pontiff would be assassinated ("Roman Pope do not approach...
More recent speculation has focused on what new direction a less strong and energetic John Paul might give his pontificate. Would he, like ailing Popes Pius IX and Leo XIII, retire to a life of meditation and reflection behind Vatican walls, rather than touring the globe...