Word: stewardship
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...suit everyone, of course. Administrators of the majestic Cathedral of St. Joseph in Baton Rouge, a presence on the Mississippi River bank since 1792, considered installing kiosks The Roman Catholic cathedral attracts many visitors, but the doors are often open when no employees are there, says Mark Blanchard, Stewardship Director for the diocese. "Many people do want to make donations," he said...
...EVANGELICALS IN MOTION The Democrats' courtship of religious voters exploits a rare Republican predicament: disillusioned with Bush's stewardship and serial scandals, many religious conservatives see a field in which their preferred candidates can't win, and those who can win include, for now, a politically elastic Mormon; the twice-divorced, pro-choice, gay-friendly former New York City Mayor; and a maverick who called conservative religious leaders "agents of intolerance" the last time he ran. "I think that this emerging change in mind-set, at least within significant segments of the Democratic Party, could pay tremendous dividends...
...Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, the committee meets once a year to choose the world's natural or human-made wonders in the greatest need of protection and assigning them to a sort of endangered-species list that makes them eligible for international stewardship and restoration funds. In the 35 years since the heritage list was established, 830 sites have been designated, including the Statue of Liberty, the Great Wall of China and Mount Kenya National Park in Africa. From June 23 to July 2, the committee will be meeting again, this time...
...work in such fields as Latin American debt relief and the transition of post-Soviet economies as further evidence of his qualification for the post. Zoellick is also a noted free trade advocate. He said during the Wednesday press conference that this philosophy would inform his stewardship of the Bank. “The Bank’s reliance on markets, investments, sound policies, good governance and partnerships for self-help are in keeping with the values that Americans esteem,” he said. Dani Rodrik, the Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the KSG, wrote...
...report's unforgiving judgment of his stewardship of the nation's security might have prompted a politician more sensitive to pubic opinion than Olmert is to resign. But not only has Olmert already announced his intention to remain in office, but such is the malaise of Israeli politics today that he is in little danger of being kicked out anytime soon: Israel's opposition is deeply divided between left and right, since Olmert's moderate Kadima party has absorbed most of the country's centrists. And the Israeli public has grown so fed up with the corruption rampant...