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...hope the 50-plus professors who signed the petition don't limit themselves to signing the petition, he said. "They must use their power as Harvard professors to actively denounce and condemn this decision...
Judas never thought of fleeing. The one choice left apparently was to beg his teacher's pardon and then use the rope. So he asked the final question of all: "You're Jesus, aren...
...would cut off its federal funds and turn the money over to parents in the form of vouchers, allowing them to send their kids to private school. He satisfies the right by praising conservative Supreme Court stalwarts Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas but sticks by his pledge not to use a pro-life "litmus test" in picking court nominees. And even as he promises tax cuts, a G.O.P. staple, he swears he will work hard to close the gap between society's "haves and have-nots...
They heard him say "Abba," which was any child's first name for Father. They'd heard him use it in private prayer a time or two, and John especially thought it was eerie and unbecoming. The God who was leading this man was no father tossing a child. By then Peter and James had dozed off, but John--being younger--managed to stay half awake through most of the prayer. He could hardly see Jesus, just flashes of his face when the moon broke clear, and then it was wrenched by an agony greater than the joy they...
...comments that landed her in trouble, Mrs. Arafat did have a point, if not quite the stiletto she intended. While playing host to Mrs. Clinton in Ramallah, she lamented the "damage" caused by Israel's use of "poisonous gas" against Palestinians. It's true that tear gas, frequently used by Israeli soldiers, has been linked to miscarriages among Palestinians, though no one has proved the link to cancer that Mrs. Arafat alleged. She also charged that Israel had contaminated 80% of the Palestinian water supply. The figure was dubious, but poor Israeli environmental practices have compromised the water sources that...