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We are, suddenly, a skittish country of post-traumatic stress, shaken from what so recently seemed an unshakable bravura. Postings culled from websites (including this one) and newspapers? letters to the editor show a populace ready to spring into some yet to be determined course of action. What form that...
Among almost everyone who spoke, the need to place blame was tempered by pleas for compassion and caution. Tawfiq Ali ’02, secretary of HIS, said he considered the terrorist strike an act of war, but added that anger “needs to go into a type...
Referring to Christ's initial pleas to His father to be spared, Nancy says, "Jesus understands what it feels like to make cries and petitions to the One who has the power to make a different plan, but the book of Hebrews says [Jesus] learns obedience." Perhaps, she says, she...
UKRAINE A Papal Call for Reconciliation Despite pleas from Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksy II to cancel, Pope John Paul II went ahead with a five-day visit to Ukraine. There he ignored Orthodox priests waving banners that read "Orthodoxy or death" and continued his mission to reconcile the Orthodox and...
For Clinton investigators, Roger is the gift that keeps on giving. Last week, the House Government Reform Committee wrote him asking about his role in clemency pleas made by six convicted felons, including Rosario Gambino, a jailed New Jersey restauranteur reputed to be a soldier in the Gambino crime family...