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After the opening ceremonies the Red Sox announced that Number 9 would be retired—the first Boston uniform to be so honored. The day was all Ted’s. Near the end of the sloppy contest, as Ted trotted in from left field to appear no more, even the skies almost cried...
...senior during the 1993-94 season, McCann captained the Crimson to ECAC regular season and tournament championships, as well as the NCAA semifinals. Last year, Harvard won the ECAC tournament title and cracked the NCAA field for the first time since McCann’s final season in uniform...
...title conjures up lighthearted, even ludicrous, images of an elderly man in a grey Chilean general's uniform, weaving his way through the tourist-packed arteries of London's neon heart. But Pinochet in Piccadilly (Faber and Faber; 280 pages), British journalist Andy Beckett's examination of the economic, political and social links between Britain and Chile, is no pleasant day out in a democratic capital. For Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, the former Chilean dictator, there will be no more trips to Piccadilly or, indeed, anywhere in Europe. As both arms buyer and tourist over the years, Pinochet loved to visit...
...clergy-review boards to advise each diocesan bishop on abuse cases, and they specify that a board's majority will be "lay persons not in the employ of the diocese." Some dioceses have had such boards for years, but others do not, and the bishops are aiming for a uniform standard and process for handling accusations. In its conclusion the charter goes further, addressing the laity in much broader terms: "We ... wish to affirm our concern especially with regard to issues related to effective consultation of the laity and the participation of God's people in decision making that affects...
...debate endlessly whether the violence committed by one kind of terrorist is morally less objectionable than that by another (to say nothing of violence committed by men in uniform--the Japanese soldiers who killed for fun on the Bataan death march, the Allied commanders who firebombed Dresden). What is indisputable is that the two types of terrorism lead to very different outcomes. Because the first form exists in a political framework, it is always possible--given time, patience and compromise--to absorb it into a conventional political dialogue. This is precisely what happened in both Ireland and South Africa. With...