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Until this year, few would have picked St. Alban's as a model for schism. Arriving in 1992, Beach transformed an aging, liturgically conservative, 35-member congregation by initiating community-outreach programs and a livelier second Sunday service. Before long, the place was hopping. Attendance topped 200, and grateful Albanites invested in a $1.6 million parish hall and a $100,000 pastor's office. They knew Beach strongly opposed the Robinson elevation--he had conducted "burial rites" for Episcopalianism at the time--but most of them agreed with him and were willing to battle beside him for a denominational reversal...
...most vocal opponents. But lingering resentment over the illegal monopoly and dissatisfaction with the commercialization of the college game due to its widespread appeal was reported to have guided the decision to remain committed to the previous non-compliance policy, while maintaining suspicion that a schism was in the works...
Much of Laibson’s work deals with impulsivity and self-control problems. “There’s often a gap between what people say they want their lives to be, and what they actually do,” he says. This schism between our present wants and our long-term goals fails to make sense within the traditional economic framework. It is only when psychological principles are incorporated that these differences can be reconciled...
...Church Divided U.K. Two days of crisis meetings in London between 37 Anglican primates failed to lift the threat of a schism in the worldwide church over the issue of homosexuality. In his attempts to keep the 70 million-strong Communion together, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams put aside his own personal views that same-sex partnerships, if stable and faithful, could be legitimate in God's eyes. His efforts were successful enough to secure a unanimous statement from deeply divided liberal and conservative primates. It warned that "the future of the Communion itself will be put in jeopardy...
...basis; public discouragement increases over the uncertainty and dislocation of extended periods of service of our soldiers and reserves; an “infrastructure vs. infrastructure” controversy has emerged over concerns that money being requested for Iraq is not available for urgent unfunded needs at home; the schism between high expenses of an assertive foreign policy and domestic tax and budget cuts is becoming more palpable; and public opinion polls have begun to reflect skittishness about the U.S. role in Iraq and a softening of the president’s popularity...