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...fierce struggle is under way at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C. Unhappy moderates dominate the faculty, while fundamentalists run the administration and board. The Association of Theological Schools, which grants accreditation to graduate seminaries, is threatening to put Southeastern on probation unless the two factions show they can work together on faculty hiring and academic policy...
...creed comes from archaeologist Marija Gimbutas in The Language of the Goddess (Harper & Row) and the forthcoming Civilization of the Goddess. The author contends that worship of the "Old European Great Goddess" goes back to 25,000 B.C., though Gimbutas' major evidence stems from farming cultures in southeastern Europe from 6500 B.C. on, especially their ubiquitous female statuettes...
...some appalling snafus. Late in the week 21 planeloads of relief supplies had been delivered to the eastern Turkish town of Diyarbakir, but much of the material failed to get past the airport. Other supplies are rotting in the rain aboard trucks stuck on the dirt roads of southeastern Turkey...
...year (an acre-ft. is 326,000 gal., or enough to cover 1 acre with 1 ft. of water) -- will be on the complex hydrologic system of the area. Environmentalists say excessive pumping will dry up springs and wetlands, threatening numerous endangered species, plants and wildlife from southeastern California to Utah. The Federal Government plans to deny Las Vegas permits to drill or transport water across its land until an environmental-impact statement is prepared...
...players 87.0% Men's basketball players 90.4% Big Eight Conf. 8 members, all responded All students 46.0% All athletes 42.3% Football players 39.4% Men's basketball players 34.8% Atlantic Coast Conf. 8 members, all responded All students 65.6% All athletes 66.2% Football players 55.4% Men's basketball players 32.0% Southeastern Conf. 10 members, all responded All students 46.0% All athletes 36.4% Football players 32.2% Men's basketball players 14.0% Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education...