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...same time as we are selecting the educational programs that best help limited English proficient children learn English, we should strive toward a society in which bilingualism is not confined to the lowest classes, but one in which all children have as much right to be bilingual as they have to speak English well...
...counts as a member anyone who does volunteer work for the movement and attends its meetings. Its followers, who are sometimes referred to as the "new Jesuits," strive to recapture souls for Christianity and fight Communism throughout the world. Their zeal and energy appeal greatly to Pope John Paul II, who in his travels has preached against both Marxism and materialism. Committed to a variety of social programs, C.L. runs neighborhood cultural centers and evening courses for the unemployed. Says a university student from northern Italy: "We all want to do something useful in life. That's what makes...
...press, in particular, would soon be seen by all Americans as folly and the sure road to despotism. I now realize that my confidence was premature. Government agencies continue to threaten news organizations that publish information known to everyone, including bitter adversaries, but the American people. Certain women strive to ban, as violations of their civil rights, portrayals of members of their sex that they find insulting. People who attempt to restrict what others are allowed to read do not imagine themselves as enemies of Democracy. I must allow that they pay ideas the backhanded tribute of fearing their power...
This truth as I perceive it, this insight into sexuality, is one that some people find difficult to accept or understand. Most of us who strive to accept and embrace it admit that it is not an easy truth to integrate into our personal lives or explain to the world around us. Consistent with the Christian command "to love in truth and in deed," we struggle as single and married people, as heterosexual and homosexual people, to find ways to help one another and those beyond our community of faith to discover the meaning and value of sexuality in ways...
...from Harvard, Princeton and Yale--"pretty good pedigrees," observes Chairman Peter French. Calgaard claims that Trinity's excellence runs across the board, and notes that, thanks to the endowment, Trinity will charge a relatively modest $6,960 for the coming school year. As a result, he says, Trinity can strive for "elitism that is academic rather than socioeconomic...