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...behalf of the poor and against social injustice, more often and more vigorously than any of his predecessors. He has relentlessly continued to stress both the evils of Marxism and the need for priests to avoid direct involvement in politics. In effect, his aim has been to co-opt the acceptable themes of liberation theology, while trimming away its objectionable elements. As one high official of the Roman Curia puts it, John Paul's strategy is "to show that he is the premier liberation theologian...
...Mexico has been ruled by the same party, the PRI, since 1920. The PRI (Party of the Institutional Revolution) began as the centrist party which emerged from the tumult of the Mexican revolution and has steadily consolidated power ever since. Its leadership has never hesitated to cajole or co-opt the wayward peasant leader or union boss. If all else fails, the PRI retains a powerful ability to repress its more intransigent opponents...
...committee's new discussions come nearly two years after it passed a series of proposals attempting to ease overcrowding by diminishing the role Dudley House played in the lives of nonresident undergraduates. Believing that more students would opt to move off campus if they could retain affiliation with their original House, then-members of the committee acted to relax rules that forced nonresidents to become Dudley affiliates...
That Reagan will fill vacancies with conservatives is not in doubt, out the question remains what type of conservative. He may opt for practitioners of judicial restraint who, though disapproving of many previous liberal rulings, are loathe to overturn precedent and will net instead to prevent the extension of existing laws into new areas. The tow names most often mentioned as possible candidates, U.S. court of Appeals Judges Robert Bork and Antonin Scalia, are both said to be member of the school advocating judicial restraint...
This production of The Merchant of Venice runs three hours. So does the final exam for Lit and Arts A-40. "Shakespeare." Opt for the latter...