Word: rome
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Just what that "Catholic identity" is, or should be, is a matter of intense debate in Rome as well as at the 232 Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S. Some 30 years ago, such institutions offered a good, if sometimes narrow, education to children of the Catholic ghetto, few of whom broke away to the wider world of Yale or Radcliffe. Not so today. Following the window-opening influence of the Second Vatican Council in the mid-1960s, many Catholic schools broadened their curricula, admitted more non-Catholic students, turned control of their boards -- and sometimes the president...
...atmosphere worries Pope John Paul II, who is striving to tighten doctrinal discipline in the church. In 1986 Rome revoked the license of Father Charles Curran to teach theology at the Catholic University of America because of his open questioning of the church's stand on sexual morality. A more sweeping crackdown was hinted at three years ago, when the Vatican proposed a policy that would allow a bishop to strip a school of its Catholic status if it did not meet standards of orthodoxy. The policy, which is expected to be released in final form sometime next year...
...instead of accelerating past his adversary, he looked to his right three times, always to see Johnson in front of him. Before he even crossed the finish line, Big Ben raised his index finger to signal that he was still No. 1. Carl Lewis had run faster than in Rome -- but lost by more...
...most of the race in the pack. Never, in fact, have so many women run together so fast, so far. When Mota broke away after 23 miles, Australian Lisa Martin and East German Katrin Dorre were too tired to follow. Afterward the diminutive Mota noted, "Last year in Rome, I ran almost all the race by myself. This time I could see the competition...
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Anne Constable Paris: Jordan Bonfante, Margot Hornblower, Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Rome: Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Beijing: Sandra Burton Hong Kong: William Stewart, Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: Peter Stoler Central America: John Moody Mexico City: John Borrell Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...