Word: sinfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This sensitivity, moreover, comes from a more profound realization about the nature of man--that is, I believe, the universality of sin. Yet--and this is the joy of it--he does not despair of this admittedly grim concept, but rather accepts it with an enthusiastic recklessness. He does not excuse himself from his human burden. His memoirs present several outwardly damning facts about the author. But he faces squarely such problems as occasional reliance on sleeping pills or psychiatrists because, after all, no one can be expected to lead a life of unrelieved virtue. Certainly, the faults...
Glum at the outcome, church leaders vowed to continue their right-to-life fight from the pulpit. Canon law holds that abortion is a grave sin and that all those involved in it-doctors, nurses, as well as patients-incur automatic excommunication. Anastasio Alberto Cardinal Ballestrero, president of the Italian Bishops Conference, noted that the church must "never renounce its mission of evangelization and education of the human conscience.'" Said Vittoria Quarenghi, a Christian Democratic member of parliament and a leader in the antiabortion drive: "We have not lost the war, only a battle." -By George Russell. Reported...
...than ever. The opening "Something Happens" (profound!) with its guttural voice and syncopated wall of guitars especially escapes the standard Edmunds rockabilly fare. His strength still lies in cover versions--not note for note copies, but revitalized obscure rockers from the days when a hummable tune wasn't a sin. Consider "Singing the Blues" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Almost Saturday Night." There were also quiet moments, like Lowe's Everly Brothers-like "I'm Gonna Start Living Again--If It Kills...
...published in New York City, Novello ventured past the Vatican walls for a shot outside L 'Osservatore 's offices. Swiss Guards soon collared the comic cleric and charged him with impersonating a padre. Not until nightfall did police finally absolve Novello and two Attenzione freelancers of their sin and turn them loose. Shrugs Novello: "I hope they have a better sense of humor in Saudi Arabia, where I plan to pose in the Great Mosque at Mecca...
...luck. Given a lucky chance at the story, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward ran hard. Good luck must have room to occur. It can be encouraged, even though its exact mechanics remain perverse and mysterious. For its part, bad luck is so eventually inevitable that it is almost a sin to be surprised...