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...between. History especially affords us with few examples of such men. One, though, certainly seems to be Sir Thomas More. More is a figure familiar to most. The author of a great book, a lawyer, a man of wit, charm and learning. More was also a martyr, the man who gave up his life rather than forfeit his principles. He has been made familiar to us through several biographies and, perhaps most permanently by the play and film. A Man for All Seasons...
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...were killed in an explosion at the central telephone and telecommunications center. Two callers to news agencies claimed responsibility for the latest action: the Arya group, a Paris-based collection of exiles who want to restore the Pahlavi monarchy, and a spokesman for the previously unheard-of Unit of Martyr Khalafi. No matter who was to blame for the blast, it was an indication that the five-year-old regime of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini still faces bitter opposition inside Iran...
...bigger issue of sexism at Harvard, however, we do not want to scapegoat this club and in any way foster the impression that this situation is somehow unique. It would be unfortunate if Pi Eta be came, instead of an opportunity for education and university action against sexism, a martyr for the cause for freedom of speech...
Still, he became widely regarded as a martyr of science who had been humbled by backward churchmen. Despite some tributes to Galileo by later church leaders, including several Popes, his condemnation has continued to taint relations between the Vatican-indeed, perhaps all religious authority-and scientists...