Word: karol
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After Pope Paul VI named him Archbishop of Munich in 1977, Ratzinger found an ally in a fellow Cardinal who shared his view of the church as the bulwark against barbaric atheism and dehumanizing secularism: Karol Wojtyla, the Archbishop of Cracow and the future John Paul II. Both were members of the worldwide Synod of Bishops -- an advisory council to the Pope. In 1980, two years after his accession, John Paul asked Ratzinger to join him in Rome. The Pontiff was turned down -- twice. Finally Ratzinger laid out his conditions. He would come only if he could continue to speak...
Other fellows include: Paula L. Aymer of Tufts University (sociology); Rama Bansil of Boston University (physics); Karol Bennett of The Rivers School of Music (vocal performance); Elizabeth Bussiere of U. Mass. Boston (political science); Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, an independent artist (visual arts); Helen Harden Chenut of Mount Holyoke College (history) and Susan Circone of Harvard University (geology...
...need arises. The 2,200-sq.-ft. center can handle up to 30 youngsters between the ages of 6 months and 12 years. Why an emergency facility instead of a full-time day-care center? "We can serve thousands of our employees, instead of just a small number," explains Karol Rose, director of Work/Family Initiatives and Training for Time Warner. "The most difficult time for working parents is when everything falls apart...
...latter incident continues to rub because the sacred liturgy of any religion is an inappropriate venue for political protest. But the Holy Father, after all, is Karol Wojtyla, a person, who like other people. must answer for his actions...
...separately, show an overall drop in claims and lawsuits against the 7,900-man force since 1985. But statistics from the Police Misconduct Lawyers Referral Service, a nonprofit civil rights advocacy group that counsels police-abuse victims, suggest the department's figures are misleading. The group's executive director, Karol Heppe, says the agency receives more than 200 police-abuse and rights-violation complaints each month. L.A.P.D. spokesmen concede that the department's reputation for no-nonsense law enforcement is justified. But they deny charges of widespread overaggressiveness or brutality. "L.A. is a city that gets talked about...