Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scene is the papal kitchen, 1942. Pope Pius XII is holding two closely written sheets. On them is his denunciation of the Nazi persecution of European Jews, to be published by evening. But word has just arrived that after Holland's bishops issued a similar statement from the pulpit, the Germans deported 40,000 Catholics of Jewish origin. If the Dutch protest cost 40,000 lives, Pius says, "my own could cost the lives of perhaps 200,000 Jews. I cannot take such a great responsibility. It is better to remain silent before the public and do in private...
...much to base accusations of anti-Semitism on," remarks historian Father Pierre Blet of the 1919 letter. A similar tendentiousness, he says, mars Cornwell's whole work: "He ignores a great deal of material which doesn't fit his theory and makes grave accusations without supplying the evidence." Blet was one of four Jesuits who compiled the official 12-volume record of Pius' war years from Vatican archives. He too has a new book: a useful summary titled Pius XII and the Second World War. Blet maintains that the 1933 pact was "practically imposed by Hitler." And papal power...
...only did Fox fail to shop NYPD Blue to other prospective buyers, Bochco alleges, but the studio hid interest from other networks so it could supply its own cable channel on the cheap. This isn't the first such case brought against a media giant. Disney settled a similar suit from the producers of Home Improvement, and actor DAVID DUCHOVNY has another pending against Fox over the The X-Files. "Steven and I finally have become fed up with this vertical integration and self-dealing," says Bochco's attorney, FRANK ROHNER. Fox isn't talking. "We are unaware...
...Campus Police Department has worked intensely to investigate matters surrounding this tragic incident," Vest said. "We have taken similar actions in the past, and I can assure you that if needed, we will take them in the future...
...Rutherford High School, Clare had to perform a similar duty when the veterans graduated, leaving him as the lone wolf on the line. His experience has left him very willing to assume that role again...