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Orthodox community members, for the most part, say they do not resent the fact that Harvard holds the service in a church. They view their situation, instead, as an unfortunate inconvenience for some observers of Jewish...
...impossible to dissociate political motives from this issue, but if any party is to remain true to the best interests of the boy it should be the Cuban-American community. The particular experiences of Cuban-American exiles afford them a special insight into the matter. Yes, the exiles resent Fidel Castro, but they are not blinded by their hatred. Instead, they are keenly aware of what awaits Elian in Cuba. The passions that have been stirred in Miami are rooted in the exiles' conviction that the boy should not endure the sufferings from which they have fled. Thousands of Cubans...
...Bush team is praying that McCain's direct mail to Catholics backfires. "People resent being manipulated based on who they are," says a Pataki adviser. "But if no backlash kicks in, we'll have to do something." Pataki wants Bush to go before a Fundamentalist group and speak out against bigotry. McCain's allies have their own dreams. "We'd like to see Bush touring Catholic neighborhoods, telling everyone he's not a bigot," says...
Some teachers, who resent any challenge to their autonomy, gripe that structured curriculums merely supply rote facts while stifling creativity among teachers and students alike. "The only teaching this does is to make kids cough up answers on command," says Alfie Kohn, author of The Schools Our Children Deserve. Adds Linda McNeil, a professor of education at Rice University: "They'll drive out the best teachers and give the weakest a place to hide...
While I can side with Brad Sohn's view in "How Not To Stick It To Them"(Column, Feb. 28) that prosecution in the Marty McSorley NHL slashing incident borders on the ridiculous, I resent Mr. Sohn's view of Canada's national pastime...