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...believe,” task force co-chair and Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons wrote in an e-mail.“The other categories can easily accommodate descriptive issues concerning the social, political and personal roles that religion has played,” Simmons wrote.Only one speaker at the meeting, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, lamented the requirement’s demise. He said that the decision to scrap the “Reason and Faith” requirement was caused by “fears—of Jesuits under beds and priests in every...
...less expensive. Here's a third idea: purchase all the Silly String you can find, and drop it off at the closest military base to be shipped along with the same troops whose lives the stuff could save. Karen Garner Newport News, Virginia, U.S. Rebuilding The House Incoming house speaker Nancy Pelosi failed in her campaign to elect her ally John Murtha as House majority leader [Nov. 27]. But why should anyone have been surprised by Pelosi's decision to support the populist Murtha? The Democrats' gain in the election was primarily driven by dissatisfaction with the Republican Party...
...Only one speaker at today’s Faculty meeting, the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, lamented the requirement’s demise...
...Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who orchestrated Jefferson's ouster from the powerful Ways and Means Committee even before the Democrats won back the House in November, seems unlikely to restore Jefferson to a position of influence, and Jefferson may find it harder to work with his Democratic colleagues as long as the clouds of suspicion follow him. "He looks like a person who will have political difficulties operating in the House, and that's not good for his constituents," says Loyola University political scientist Ed Renwick. "If he doesn't operate from a position of strength, that makes...
...With only a third of the public in favor of rewriting the constitution and mass protests against the plan scheduled for this week in Manila, House Speaker Jose de Venecia backed down on Saturday, inviting the Senate to join proposals for a publicly elected constitutional convention to discuss charter change. While Arroyo and her allies appear to have enough political muscle to force a vote, they may find compromise preferable to dancing alone...