Word: pedro
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Though Popular Party candidate Rajoy, who lost to Zapatero in 2004, says he would not revoke gay-partner benefits, he has vowed not to subsume them under the word marriage. Pedro Zerolo, a Socialist leader and a key architect of Zapatero's reforms, finds such qualms misplaced. "Marriage has always been used as a political tool: slaves couldn't marry, blacks couldn't marry whites. There was even a law in the 15th century that comedians couldn't marry because they weren't serious. If your rights don't have the same name, they don't have the same protection...
...Nicolas' biography shares a striking parallel with another of his more recent predecessors. Pedro Arrupe, the charismatic and controversial Superior General from 1965 until 1983, was another Spaniard who rose up through the ranks in Japan before being chosen to lead the Jesuits. Arrupe's reign was marked by progressive challenges to the Church establishment, including clashes with both Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II. Arrupe's reign, consistent with order's history of experiments with theology and philosophy, saw the rise of radical Jesuit participation in politics, from the anti-war movement...
...still a matter of speculation, the resurgence of Russia is not. It isn't clear whether Russia will become a full-fledged democracy, but it is already much freer than countries like China. It is not by chance that svoboda - freedom - is a much celebrated word in Russia today. Pedro Paulo A. Funari, Head, Center for Strategic Studies, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil...
...still a matter of speculation, the resurgence of Russia is not. It isn't clear whether Russia will become a full-fledged democracy, but it is already much freer than countries like China. It is not by chance that svoboda - freedom - is a much celebrated word in Russia today. Pedro Paulo A. Funari, HEAD, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES, STATE UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS, BRAZIL...
...still a matter of speculation, the resurgence of Russia is not. It isn't clear whether Russia will become a full-fledged democracy, but it is already much freer than countries like China. It is no accident that svoboda - freedom - is a much celebrated word in Russia today. Pedro Paulo A. Funari, Head, Center for Strategic Studies, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil...