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James Martin, an editor at the Jesuit publication America who has written critically about Opus, offers a middle ground between Dale Carnegie and the octopus: "Opus Dei provides members with an overarching spirituality for their life," he suggests. "It's an ongoing relationship that helps buttress and further shape the thought of people who are already conservative Catholics. That's a powerful symbiosis, and there's a personal connection between members, whether they're housewives or politicians. It's not an evil empire, but that doesn't mean there aren't serious issues that need to be addressed...
...redevelopment of roadways around the airport. Residents had also opposed the addition of a new runway at the airport since the 1970s.But Gordon downplayed the obstacles he faced.“We had our challenging projects, but generally we completed our work in good shape,” he says.Gordon added that the Logan project helped mold his approach in dealing with residents. “You’ve gotta be honest with them,” Gordon says. “When people are too cute, too flashy, they see through it immediately.” Fred Moavenzadeh...
Board candidate Arne S. Duncan ’86, currently CEO of Chicago Public Schools, wrote in an e-mail that “Harvard helped shape me for a life of public service by teaching me that with enough determination and creativity anything is possible...
...There isn’t always a native language that people can turn to for writing or cultural expression,” declares Assistant Professor of English and American Literature and Language Sharmila Sen ’92. “Instead, people learn to mold and shape the language that they have.” Such statements are indicative of Sen’s provocative method of examining text from a cultural and historical perspective. Through this inquiry into the choices in language and text, Sen’s work illuminates the space between what...
...Some analysts have read the leak of hypothetical U.S. military planning on Iran as calculated to spook the Europeans, Russia and China into supporting tougher UN action. Whether or not it has that effect, diplomacy is clearly the only game in town - and both sides are busy trying to shape its outcome to their advantage...