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...Baptist Convention (S.B.C.) rejected two of her congregants' applications to do missionary work in Swaziland. The convention's grounds: their refusal to sign a belief statement that says women should not serve as pastors, a view rooted in such biblical verses as Paul's observation that "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence." Technically, admits S.B.C. official Richard Land, "we can't tell a church who to hire." But by the same token, he says, "that woman's church cannot tell the International Mission Board...
...plot line. I’ve always loved the end of Poe’s short story “The Man of the Crowd,” in which the narrator follows a mysterious chap through the bustling, contradictory streets of London: “it does not permit itself to be read...
Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs John H. Coatsworth said the new calendar, by ending the academic year earlier, would permit students to “take advantage of summer study and internship opportunities with early start dates and to combine international experiences with other summer activities...
Howard Hughes grants don’t permit recipients to do administrative work, according to Dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Dean of the Physical Sciences Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti...
Strauss and Edwards K.L. Upton ’53, a faculty member, were arrested on charges of disturbing the peace and parading without a permit. Bail was set at $250 for each of them...