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...bishops outside Rome whose judgment he trusts. The Pope has relied heavily for advice on the synod of bishops that meets in Rome every three years. He has attended all their sessions -- including the most recent ones in October -- listening with his usual intensity. But there is never a joint final communique. Indeed, the Pope may be advised, but to the private dismay of many bishops, any decision on issues discussed will be made by the Pope, and the Pope alone. As John Paul once told TIME's Wilton Wynn: "It is a mistake to apply American democratic procedures...
...joint collaboration," said Valencia D. Thomas '96, president of the Harvard Society of Black Scientists. "My roommate and I were discussing it, and we decided we should go down and make a representation...
...spite of this, cooperation between the groups seems to be growing. Hillel and BSA are planning a joint social action project, next semester, Loeffler says...
Former presidential hopeful Paul Tsongas is circulating a memo among political leaders proposing a third national party led by someone with "moral authority" such as Colin Powell, ex-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Tsongas' memo, published today by The Boston Globe, argues for "a passionate center party that's inclusive socially and prepared to make the hard choices fiscally . . . if it is led by the right person." The key ingredient, he writes, is "the kind of moral authority the Administration clearly does not have and that the (GOP's) 'Contract with America' cannot provide, since it is poll...
...over recent plans to issue a stamp showing the 1945 Hiroshima mushroom cloud, a newly-declassified document shows the U.S. had contingency plans to drop the atomic bomb on China in the 1950s. The National Archives today released an April 17, 1954 memo (signed by the secretary to the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Eisenhower Administration), which spells out plans to bomb China if the Chinese violated the tenuous truce that ended the Korean War. "In light of the enemy capability to launch a massive ground offensive, U.S. air support operations, including use of atomic weapons, will be employed...