Word: popes
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...Byers to admit that is somewhat akin to Pope John Paul II recanting his stance on women in the priesthood. Byers' recent change of heart, set forth in his book, Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Exploiting College Athletes (University of Michigan Press), came with his realization that "the wheel of fortune is badly unbalanced in favor of the overseers and against the players." His call has been taken up by coaches, administrators, journalists and the athletes themselves. Some of the more radical proponents of change wonder openly about the possibility of a strike on, say, the eve of the championship game in basketball...
...constitution and begin peace talks between the tribes. Three days after Ruhuna's death, military leader Major Pierre Buyoya lifted restrictions on the parliament and political parties. The constitution, however, remains suspended, and Buyoya is balking at talks with Hutu rebels. Meanwhile, Rome mourned the death of the man Pope John Paul II called a "generous minister of God." The pontiff will send Cardinal Jozef Tomko, head of the Vatican's office for missions, to celebrate a memorial service--or a funeral, if the corpse is recovered. That will probably never happen. The killers almost surely threw the archbishop...
...board. Security experts call it the "Ramzi Yousef method," even though other terrorists have used it in the past. Yousef was arrested by U.S. agents in Pakistan in February 1995 for allegedly plotting an attack on U.S. airliners in the Pacific, as well as an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Federal prosecutors allege that on Dec. 11, 1994, Yousef tested his larger plan for attacking the U.S. carriers by boarding a Philippine Airlines flight on the first leg from the Philippines to Japan. He carried with him the components for a bomb, unassembled in his carry...
Everybody needs a break occasionally, even the infallible. So when POPE JOHN PAUL II wants to unwind, he helicopters to Italy's Dolomite mountains and kicks back in a chalet near Lorenzago di Cadore. His shaky health has curtailed his once half-day walks, but he still manages to get around. Since a Pontiff's work is never done, he preached to the local flock last week, enjoining them to be inspired by the mountains "to establish a more respectful rapport with nature." In a line that the local tourist bureau may want to use, John Paul described the area...
...amusing thing is [Bainbridge's papers] came out just after one of these papal encyclicals, summarizing the state of scientific knowledge, which said that nuclei decay at the same rate, no matter the chemistry," Wilson says. "We were kidding him that he was in trouble with the pope...