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This will continue to compound the dilemma facing many Catholics--how to reconcile rigid doctrinal teachings with prevailing social norms and the demands of modern life...
...last week the scientists and the aerobicists surrendered. To lure the couch potatoes and others into the fitness movement, they changed the rules of admission. "We made a mistake saying that exercise had to be intense and continuous," said Blair. "The focus has been too much on rigid, regimented physical activity that required wearing funny clothes in a special place and sweating. While that's fine, what about the young couple with the small kid? Between car pooling and soccer games, they don't have time...
...essay, Gates argues that racial differences should be perme- able experiences rather than rigid boundaries. Chiu's piece discusses cultural exchange between the East and the West. The Emerson work is a celebration of the individual...
...Wilson, who believes compromise is far better than unending political debates, is clearly open not only to changing minds but having his mind changed, an intellectual flexibility that has given the ideologically rigid campus right political ammunition...
Kuniko Inoguchi, a professor of international politics at Tokyo's Sophia University, believes the selection of Owada is an indication that the royal family wants to move forward. Its members are often seen as prisoners of the Imperial Household Agency, a 1,132-person bureaucracy that controls everything from rigid security to silver service to press interviews (almost none). It is hard for an outsider to adapt to such a sequestered life. Michiko, the present Empress, who married Emperor Akihito in 1959, is, like Owada, a commoner. She broke ground by insisting on certain innovations, such as raising her children...