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...week, when the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), the state-controlled church to which 4 million Chinese Catholics belong, ordained two new bishops without the Vatican's permission. Considering that Rome has claimed absolute authority over clerical appointments for almost two millenniums, its reaction to the news was predictably swift. Vatican spokesman Joaquín Navarro-Valls said that Pope Benedict XVI learned of the appointments with "great sadness." That may have been the understatement of the year, as Navarro-Valls also said church law calls for the automatic excommunication of the two new bishops and those who installed them. Hong...
...last night to the governor’s press office were not returned. The Crimson has lobbied for Barrios’ legislation at the State House, and The Crimson’s president, William C. Marra ’07, said last night that the bill’s swift passage through the legislature and across the governor’s desk would benefit students at private universities statewide. “The passing of the legislation would enhance the safety of students on campus by providing them the detailed police incident reports that our peers at public institutions already...
Many seniors kick back after their thesis is completed and get surprised with a swift kick from oral examinations. An empathetic FM offers 15 things to say if you blank out. (FM is not responsible for the consequences) 1) I feel this oral examination is concentration-normative. 2) Karl Marx, Friedrich Hegel and Jessica Simpson walk into a bar... 3) My dog was stoned and ate all my books. He was very hungry. 4) How’s your marriage, Professor? Not having enough sex? Feel the need to take your frustrations out on undergrads? 5) I may not know...
...official said Josh Bolten - who has carried out a swift White House makeover since taking over as chief of staff on the afternoon of April 14 - and Counselor Dan Bartlett view the selection of Snow as a key part of giving a new wind to a White House that has suffered repeated seatbacks. "They need a big name to turn heads and send a message to the press that we care enough to put a big player here who cares enough about this job to give up a lot to take it," the official said...
...There was no great tension and no great accomplishment. There was no swift action on the trade imbalance between the two countries, which tops $200 billion annually. China didn't offer to free up its currency to a level where it could rise against the dollar - and, presumably, make Chinese goods more expensive, American goods cheaper and the U.S. trade deficit lower. All China did was stick by a promise laid out last year to move away from an economy that is export-driven and not consumer-driven and is growing at a torrid 10% annually. The two countries trade...