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...fact, some blacks even contemplate a return to neighborhood schools. Hal Sieber, executive editor of the Carolina Peacemaker, a black newspaper, calls it a desire for "equal but separate" communities, a twist on the old doctrine of segregation. Sadly, the cycle of division, passed from parent to child, endures, as last winter's tempest at prestigious Page High School showed. A student newspaper poll on race relations prompted an outcry from black students, who complained about inadequate representation on the cheerleading squad and in advanced classes, among other things. Even a state championship basketball team drew fire...
...Connor's excommunication bombshell spotlighted his penchant for grabbing controversial headlines and intensified differences among U.S. bishops over how much to arm-twist pro-choice Catholic politicians. Meeting last November, the bishops declared, "No Catholic can responsibly take a 'pro-choice' stand when the 'choice' in question involves the taking of innocent human life." The same meeting elected hard-liner O'Connor chairman of the bishops' pro-life committee...
...make people laugh anytime, if you're talking about things they are already thinking about. The straight lines are already in their heads. And when you come up with a little twist that's funny, they'll laugh. That's the whole trick...
...subsequent disintegration of Communist regimes in eastern Europe presented an opportunity for the Board to add a new and unprecedented twist to the graduation ceremony...
...short, they twist the subtle disparities between individual strains of thought into a single strain of enemy ideology. In doing so, they undermine and misrepresent the ideas of Harvard's moderate Republicans, many of whom object to the obnoxious and intolerant agenda of these self-described truth-seekers...