Word: ruckus
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...church's panel on homosexuality is stirring a ruckus even before its report is written. James Holsinger, medical director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, quit the study committee last February because he felt certain its conclusions would follow liberal lines. But "nothing is fixed," says the Rev. Nancy Yamasaki of Spokane, the committee chair, who is publicly noncommittal. The panel's recommendations will undergo administrative review before reaching next year's nationwide General Conference...
...ruckus stemmed from a TIME story about the French film star published in late January. Depardieu, 42, was asked about remarks he had made in an interview published in 1978 in the magazine Film Comment in which he described his rough childhood and said, "I had plenty of rapes, too many to count." Asked by a TIME reporter if he had participated in rapes, Depardieu said yes. "But it was absolutely normal in those circumstances," he added. "That was part of my childhood...
...president's relief, the elephant and the ruckus turned out to be part of a Lampoon rally celebrating Vietnamese elections...
...particularly remembers one morning about 17 years ago when he heard a loud ruckus outside his office in Mass Hall. Drums were beating and people were shouting. He peered out into the Yard, and saw an elephant turning the corner of the building...
...president's relief, the elephant and the ruckus turned out be part of a Lampoon rally celebrating Vietnamese elections...