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Less than 500 meters into the race, coxswain Mary Boland's communication system broke down, leaving all but a few people in the stern unable to hear her calls...
...telling reporters that the Administration had begun supplying rebels in Afghanistan and Angola with U.S.-made Stinger missiles, disturbed civil libertarians. The firing was based partly on Pillsbury's answers to questions on a polygraph test. The case has also been referred to the Justice Department, apparently as a stern message about the Reagan Administration's resolve to plug leaks. Pillsbury's defenders suggest that he spoke out to influence policy, not jeopardize national security. Says Morton Halperin, legislative director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington office: "Leaking for policy reasons is an established Washington custom...
...trio of soloists. De Beauvoir epitomized the French bourgeoisie. Her father was a lawyer and a non-believer, but her mother insisted on a stern Roman Catholic education. It did not have the desired effect. At twelve the child decided, "I no longer believe in God," and resolved to study philosophy at the Sorbonne...
...internally, the varsity boat has undergone a few switches. Veteran two-man Dan Grout will say goodbye to the bow and hello to the stern when he strokes the eight this week. Steve Wayne, who stroked the heavies to last Saturday's narrow victory over Brown, will move to the four seat. Mark Shoeffel jumps from four to two. Neil Oleson in bow, Rich Kennelly at five, Curt Pieckenhagen at six, Andrew Hawley at seven, and coxswain Devin Mahoney remain unchanged...
...hand, he staunchly advocates social justice and wants priests and nuns to do likewise. On the other, he has warned the clergy about becoming too involved in secular affairs and about the dangers of Marxist ideology, especially in Latin America. The second theme was driven home in a stern 1984 Instruction on the Theology of Liberation, defining the "deviations" that the Vatican found in certain versions of the radical movement known as liberation theology...