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...Sorensen possess both the administrative expertise and the academic focus to lead the Murray Research Center," Radcliffe spokesperson Michael A. Armini said yesterday...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Radcliffe Chooses New Center Director | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...defense of Muslims is a religious duty. If I have indeed acquired these weapons, then I thank God for enabling me to do so. And if I seek to acquire these weapons, I am carrying out a duty. It would be a sin for Muslims not to try to possess the weapons that would prevent the infidels from inflicting harm on Muslims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Osama bin Laden: Conversation With Terror | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...Name of Eugenics (1985), an invaluable source for everyone interested in this strange movement, historian Daniel J. Kevles notes, somewhat dryly, that "eugenicists identified human worth with the qualities they presumed themselves to possess--the sort that facilitated passage through schools, universities and professional training." Kevles' insight helps explain the almost messianic fervor that eugenicists on both sides of the Atlantic displayed during the early years of this century. These were people who felt themselves and the future of their children threatened. In Britain members of the upper middle class feared they would be swamped and taxed to extinction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cursed by Eugenics | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...appeal, Berkowitz states that Kennedy,Kramnick and Kagan do not possess relevantexpertise in his field. He also suggests that themajority of the committee would have been inclinedto rule against him because of ideologicaldifferences, and so the membership failed toexhibit diversity of opinion...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Berkowitz Prepares to File Formal Grievance Over Tenure Denial | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

Shango is one of several divine spirits or saints in the Santeria tradition who possess numerous distinct attributes and are worshipped in music, dance and ritual offerings...

Author: By John P. Posch, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Join in Santeria Festival | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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