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...continuing string of good news from Byerly Hall, Fitzsimmons repeated an old refrain: "This certainly appears to be the best class we've ever...
...government's task is delicate. Zhu, painfully aware of the Tiananmen anniversary, recently ordered authorities to refrain from "crude" crackdowns on social unrest. The group, however, may be harmless to the regime. Li insists that "I want to teach people to be good, not to be involved in politics." Yet historically, secret societies and spiritual masters have challenged, and even toppled, Chinese dynasties, and President Jiang Zemin has stressed a need to "suppress cults and the use of religion to engage in illegal activities...
...John Paul II is going the extra mile for reconciliation in Rumania, abandoning Vatican claims on Catholic property confiscated by Rumania's former communist regime and transferred to Orthodox parishes, and also refraining from visiting Transylvania, where the bulk of the country's Catholic minority reside. But the extent of tension between the Rumania's Orthodox Church and its Catholic minority is underscored by a recent agreement that clergy from the two churches would refrain from trading insults and punches. With much of the Orthodox world perceiving itself as under attack in Yugoslavia, the best the pontiff may be able...
...welcome haven for those with nowhere else to turn. With its beautiful high ceilings and cozy study nooks, Harvard Law School's (HLS) Langdell Library would seem to be the perfect solution. If you can stand the clackety-clack of those ubiquitous computer terminals and are willing to refrain from socializing with everyone else who has also "discovered" Langdell, you're golden. That Bible sourcebook might get read after...
Bring your pre-frosh to section as soon as possible. Here he/she will learn to listen to authority. He/she will also learn various tricks: shaking hands, begging and balancing problem sets on their nose before swallowing them whole. Whether you want to teach your pre-frosh to refrain from sniffing your crotch is entirely...