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...William Brennan. In the decade since he joined the bench, Souter has emerged as the Court's most influential moderate, often working with Sandra Day O'Connor to establish a centrist opinion. Souter has a strong respect for precedent and tends to be cautious in his opinions. A quirky traditionalist, Souter has very few possessions and calls himself a Luddite. When asked in 1996 whether cameras would be allowed in the SCOTUS courtroom, he famously replied, "When they roll them over my dead body...
...renewed use of traditional architectural styles is a done deed, praised and damned but now mainly accommodated. A more significant traditionalist trend, however, may be the revival of the belief in appropriately expressive building types. A courthouse should not look like a Pizza Hut; a parking garage and a theater ought to be distinguishable...
...media, regional governments, independent judges and prosecutors, to balance central control. As head of the party's school for top cadres from 1993 to 2002, he had encouraged the study of other societies going through profound dislocations. In power, however, Hu has come across as more of a communist traditionalist. Within the past six months, the party has started something of a crackdown on both traditional and new media...
That practical streak may mean Pope Benedict XVI expects Levada, 68, to pay more attention to the administrative demands of his new job than to the ideological ones. A traditionalist inside the Roman Curia was initially shocked at the choice. "He's not at all the darling of the right," he said. But Vatican sources say the appointment was a sign of the trust and respect Benedict has for the American prelate, whom he has known since Levada served under him in Rome at the Congregation in the early 1980s. "For this job," says a well-placed Vatican official...
...detractors" but praises his warmth and intelligence. "He's not an academic theologian," Brennan says. "He's a practical theologian." That practical streak may mean Pope Benedict XVI expects Levada, 68, to pay more attention to the administrative demands of his new job than to the ideological ones. A traditionalist inside the Roman Curia was initially shocked at the choice. "He's not at all the darling of the right," he said. But Vatican sources say the appointment was a sign of the trust and respect Benedict has for the American prelate, whom he has known since Levada served under...