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...after only 161 days in office. The11th century Pope Benedict IX resigned once or twice (historians disagree) and Pope Gregory XII renounced the chair in 1415 as part of an effort to heal the Great Western Schism...
Pope Pius IX thought otherwise, and in 1852 Bishop Neumann plunged into the hurly-burly of mid-century church affairs. The debt-ridden church was swelling with poor immigrants, and Neumann was forced to become absorbed in bricks-and-mortar fund raising. He began building churches at the rate of one almost every month, and devoted much care to the completion of the cathedral roof. He was particularly concerned with the building of Catholic schools, for he said openly that public schools were dens of immorality and heresy. When he became bishop, only 500 Philadelphia children went to parochial schools...
While we were wallowing in our self-decided superior role in the sports world, the women were slowly making determined progress. From the legislative end, the women got help from Title IX. (That referred to an educational amendment which requires an end to sex discrimination in federally funded public programs. Its major thrust was intended to equalize the male-female sports programs at public learning institutions, but its aims have not nearly been achieved...
...been estimated that fewer than 30 colleges out of more than 1,000 engaged in intercollegiate athletics are running profitable sports programs. A second financial headache comes from the federal mandate that women must soon be given equal opportunity in sports. Says Lyman: "Everybody is facing the Title IX requirement [of the Education Amendments, passed in 1972] to secure equity for women in intercollegiate athletics and to do so with reasonable dispatch. If we are soon going to grant large numbers of scholarships for women athletes, we're going to have to find the money somewhere. It just...
...worked on this week's cover story, followed Super Bowl VIII (Dolphins v. Vikings) on an early date with an attractive young nurse. This year Rosenstein will be flying to California to report on Super Bowl XI, and the same lady-with whom he also saw Super Bowls IX and X-will join him for the game. But they will be hurrying back to New York City; the following Saturday afternoon, Jay Rosenstein and Tanya Drake will be married. The design on their wedding cake? A football field, of course...