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...PROTESTANT ACCEPTANCE OF MARY reflects a long-held Roman Catholic feeling that God the Father also has a feminine side. Humanity longs for a parent God who is not only a father but also a mother. The Marian movement among Protestants is very welcome. It represents an openness. Perhaps we will realize that religious faiths all contain essentially the same truths...
...these remarks, while regrettable in their consequence, are not really the issue here. Instead, the Faculty’s anger is rooted in a long-held frustration with Summers’ perceived less than ideal transparency and powerful—and at times overwhelming—leadership style that has been bubbling under the surface for three and a half years...
With 463 wineries producing 119 million liters annually, New Zealand wines have come a long way since the first Sauvignon Blanc was harvested in Marlborough a mere 30 years ago. Mild, fruity whites are what the country is most associated with, but the long-held perception that New Zealand's terroir isn't suited to reds has finally been overcome by a number of wineries producing world-class Pinot Noir. The silt-loam soils of New Zealand yield a Pinot Noir somewhere between the robust Australian reds beloved of influential American critic Robert Parker and the more complex Bordeaux wines...
...says Carra. "He is the dove of the Berlusconi administration, but for the opposition he is probably more troublesome than the hawks." Outside his ornate office at Palazzo Chigi, the Prime Minister's headquarters, Letta flashes his Cheshire cat smile at TIME's request for an interview, citing a long-held decision to never speak publicly about policy: "I prefer to work back in the kitchen," he says. "There's no need to come out to the dining room." Still, Letta is not publicity-shy; he agreed to be photographed, and during breaks in the photo shoot, he displays...
Jenkins' world suddenly began to brighten two years ago. The breakthrough was Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il (the son and successor of Kim Il Sung) in Pyongyang. Kim confirmed Japan's long-held suspicion that North Korea had been kidnapping Japanese citizens and forcing them to teach at its spy schools. Soga, Jenkins' wife, was acknowledged to be among the abductees. After the summit, she and the four others Pyongyang said were still alive returned to Japan for what was meant to be a 10-day visit. They never went back...