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Sister Rita Hofbauer of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in Silver Spring, Md., said that Malone's statement was "stronger than a lot we've been hearing," but doubted the role of women in the church would be a serious concern at the synod, since it is not a significant issue outside the West. Malone's document complained about poor communication between Rome and religious orders. It did not refer specifically, however, to the unsettled dispute between the Vatican and 24 U.S. sisters who last year signed a pro- choice newspaper advertisement on abortion. The Vatican has threatened...
Easily weathering the risky rendezvous, the half-ton craft transmitted a stream of valuable and sometimes surprising data about the 465,000-mile-long cometary tail to jubilant scientists tuned in at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. ICE's coup enabled American astronomers and space scientists to recover some of the patriotic and professional pride that was dashed in 1981 when Washington budget slashers vetoed a U.S. mission to Halley. "We wanted to make sure the U.S. didn't take a backseat to anyone," says NASA Spokesman James Elliott, "and we've done...
...summer afternoon, Trooper 1st Class Frank Woullard was sitting by Interstate 70 in Frederick, Md., in a bright yellow, nine-ton State Highway Administration truck. Woullard's giveway tan hat sat on the seat beside him and his radar detector sat on his lap, safely out of view. Woullard didn't dare show his face to oncoming traffic--instead, he watched for speeders in the rear-view mirror...
Among the unusually high number of top prospects who chose to make Briggs Athletic Center their home are: 6-ft., 9-in., 220-lb. Todd Beste from Collegeville, Minn.; 6-ft., 7-in., 200-lb. Matt DeGreeff from Rockville, Md.; 6-ft., 5-in. Tedd Evers from Ridgewood, N.J.; 5-ft., 10-in. Mike Gielen from College Park, Md.; 6-ft., 5-in., 195-lb. Neil Phillips from Germantown, Md.; 6-ft., 8-in. Fred Schernecker from Oregon, Wisc.; 6-ft., 7-in., 220-lb. Martin Skelly from Roanoke, Va.; 6-ft., 5-in., 195-lb. David Wolkoff from...
...Swimming Coach Joe Bernal has seven experienced swimmers joining his squad: backstroker Roland Wagner, the Swiss national champion; Olympic qualifier Scott Hoy from Australia; sprinters Keith Kaplan of Mattapan, N.J., and Bob Morrison of Portland, Ind.; Paul Ryder, an all-around swimmer from Servana Park, Md.; distance swimmer Mike Caverly of Lacadia, Ca.; and Robert Perkins, a backstroker from Middlebrook...