Word: specially
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Keegan and Corrigan won a special "let's get serious--it's freezing" tiebreaker played after they split sets 6-1, 5-7. Harvard's Lisa Schneider and Rony Sebok tumbled at number one, 2-6, 2-6 to Lynch and Santanielo. BC's Quigley and O'Brien skated past Deirdre Wilde and Sarah Nicholas...
Once the quality of life-as-it-is-lived is introduced into the argument, we can say that abortion provides the possibility of improving that quality. Motherhood is a remarkably special bond between mother and child, perhaps the most important relationship we ever have. It requires tremendous emotional capacities, and raising children should be one of the most conscious decisions we make. Many of those who have abortions when young have children later in life, when they are more emotionally and financially equipped to handle them. Contraception is at most 99 per cent safe, and abortion must be available...
...papal tour, before a gathering of Roman Catholic academics from around the nation, John Paul sought to soothe anxieties, offering a "special word of gratitude" to theologians. But then he proceeded to declare that "true" academic freedom must balance independence with responsibility to the magisterium (the church's teaching office) in unity with the papacy. "It is the right of the faithful not to be troubled by theories and hypotheses that they are not expert in judging or that are easily simplified or manipulated by public opinion...
...also stated that "medical, eugenic, economic and social" motives could justify couples in limiting the size of their families. Nine years later the approval for marketing birth control pills raised the hope that such biochemical controls would be regarded as "natural" by the church. Pope John XXIII appointed a special commission to examine the matter. Its confidential, but later leaked, majority report to Paul VI in 1966 warned against avoiding childbearing for selfish reasons. Going beyond Pius XII's position, however, the report called for collaboration with "men of learning and science" to find "decent and human means...
...After that he must keep his word. John Paul has not approved any of the thousands of pending requests from priests to be released from their vows and revert to lay status with church approval. The Pope is now awaiting a report on the "laicization" of priests from a special commission. The matter may be taken up at an extraordinary meeting of the College of Cardinals, scheduled for next month...