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...work of adoptions, in order to exercise the religious freedom that was the prompting for having begun adoptions many years ago.” While the Church’s consideration of its dogma is understandable, we fear the interests of the orphaned children are being sacrificed by a stubborn and unyielding Church tradition. It is in this vein that we agree with Romney’s decision to seek an exception, and license Catholic Charities to continue its adoption services despite its policy toward gays. It should not, however, receive any public funding. To suggest that state funding should...
...PRABDA YOON Novelist, screenwriter and columnist I don't like Thaksin and agree that he should resign. But now it's become complicated because I don't like his rivals. Each side has its own agenda. If Thaksin steps down, everything will be more relaxed. But he's so stubborn and self-righteous that he's probably not going to step down. It's getting tiresome...
...songs are fantastic as well, ranging from short, odd fragments, to grand ballads of sex, tragedy, and comedy. I have never seen Weill’s signature unison singing, quintessentially German sound, and schizophrenic jumps between tonal and atonal music pulled off so well.Needless to say, the stubborn modernity (not to mention raunchiness) of this production is bound to keep some viewers from liking the opera. Regardless of whether you end up enjoying yourself or not, “The Threepenny Opera” is definitely worth seeing. Take the chance that you might be floored by this twentieth-century...
...twice Harvard’s total for the game—and buried 13 of their first 16 shots. If it were an anomaly, one might chalk up the sluggish effort to the emotions of Senior Night, to a hot-shooting and deep Princeton team, or to a stubborn rim that denied the Crimson the bottom of the net.But this, the worst case of the first half drought, must be evaluated within the context of Harvard’s first halves all season long. In the season opener against DePaul, Harvard faced a 37-4 deficit with...
...Cheney's stubborn diffidence may have been something else entirely: a consequence of the incoherence and confusion that come with emotional trauma, as well as an understandable desire to protect oneself and one's friends from the ravening horde at a moment of personal anguish...