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...what they do that he is concerned with. It's who they are." Yet away from the most controversial issues, the Pope has shown an ability to preach eloquently about the core issues of modern existence - good and evil, charity and consumerism, and the slippery slope of instantaneous self-fulfillment. Ratzinger, says a top aide to a progressive European Cardinal, "has a brilliant way of summing up a concept in a single sentence. He can clean off the window of modern history, and give you a clear vision of what's wrong with our society." The new Pope's mission...
...assassin”, Kaufman replies, “Then think of yourself as something else.” In their minds they are not hit men, but Israel’s angels of vengeance. However, their seemingly secure self-perception within their moral high ground is really a slippery slope. Kauffman and his team gradually become overwhelmed by the enormity of their actions, and their guilt alienates them from each other and induces resentment of their mission.Spielberg’s expert use of espionage-thriller genre conventions prevents the film from becoming ideologically burdensome. The coincidence of casting Daniel...
...about winter camping and hiking, was on its first winter trip of the season when the climber was hurt in the vicinity of Huntington Ravine near the HMC-operated cabin. The climber lost his footing due to a gust of wind and fell about 125 meters down the snow slope, according to Justin Preisendorfer, a snow ranger at the White Mountain National Forest. The climber suffered fractures to his arm and rib damage resulting from the fall, HMC President Lucas T. Laursen ’06 wrote in an e-mail. After the accident, one of the injured climber?...
...sake, she should keep that self-aware motto and remember it’s a slippery slope from the Academy Awards to flopped action movies...
...massive current-account deficit: an unprecedented shortfall of domestic saving brought on by open-ended budget deficits and a lack of personal saving. A protectionist remedy for America's homegrown problems would be a policy blunder of monumental proportions?taking the world down a very slippery and dangerous slope...