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...Downtown Plan is sensibly deferential to the existing warp and woof of the city. In ambition, however, it is reminiscent of the Olympian urban-renewal texts of a generation ago, when planners presumed to know how to recast cities from scratch. It puts the city on record against unnecessary shadow and wind and disapproves of mirrored windows (visually off-putting), big street-level airline ticket offices (too boring for pedestrians) and the profusion of newspaper-vending machines (inconvenient for pedestrians). No San Franciscan, the plan continues, should have to walk more than 900 feet to find a sunny, comfortable place...
...John Paul's conservative stance on faith-and-morals issues is least likely to be debated. That is unsurprising, since he made that stance clear in thousands of pages of explanation and appointed 113 of the electors. Says Catholic University's Ferme: "I don't think there is a shadow of a doubt among the Cardinals that there will not be woman priests or that the church must oppose abortion." No one better articulates such positions than Ratzinger, who as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has been enforcing them for more than two decades...
...Friday, when the princes and presidents, kings and queens, metropolitans and patriarchs, had all descended to honor their brother, the world seemed to stop to say Mass. In the shadow of his passing, much history was laid to rest; the church's strengths and weaknesses were also laid out for all to see. Here was Prince Charles, in line to lead an Anglican Church that split with Rome over a king's divorce five centuries ago, postponing his wedding a day to attend this ceremony instead. There was Boston's Bernard Cardinal Law, now in Rome after resigning over...
...team to Washington even stipulates that the Nationals engage with the community and offer free tickets to city kids. "The key for the Nats is to integrate themselves into the social fabric of the city, not just the rich, white suburbanites," says Brad Snyder, who wrote Beyond the Shadow of the Senators, a book about baseball and race in Washington. Mayor Anthony Williams hopes jobs created by the building of a new stadium will also help boost community support. The city has, at least, a historic love of the game. Black fans in the '20s, though forced into segregated stands...
...thing will come from this scandal: a greater appreciation for home-run king Hank Aaron, a man of decency and dignity and a record holder worthy of a child's adulation. Thirty-one years after breaking Babe Ruth's record for most career homers, Aaron still remains in his shadow. How ironic that it might be Bonds' downfall that finally allows Aaron to emerge. It's about time...