Word: vans
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...stories on the papacy and Protestant trends. Washington Reporter Jim Castelli was once religion editor of the Washington Star. Reporter-Researcher Michael Harris attended a Roman Catholic seminary for five years, and taught ancient and medieval philosophy, Latin and Greek at another seminary for three. New York Correspondent Bruce van Voorst has interviewed theologians from Rudolf Bultmann to Hans Küng, while Chicago Correspondent J. Madeleine Nash covered the final days of Bernardin's controversial predecessor, the late John Cardinal Cody. Says she: "After the remoteness of the old-style bishops, Bernardin seems refreshingly approachable...
...wealthy U.S. business executives, Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos, faced indictments last week on criminal charges that they had defrauded the Canadian government of more than $22 million in import duties between 1965 and 1980. Van Andel, 58, and DeVos, 56, are chairman and president of Amway, a large direct-selling organization that claims $1.5 billion in annual sales and at least 1 million distributors, mostly part-timers, who peddle the company's diverse line of products, from laundry detergents to health food...
...Van Andel and DeVos founded the company, and they and their families own the whole thing. Forbes calculated in September that together the executives were worth $550 million, which put them well up on the magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans. Though Amway has its headquarters in tiny Ada, Mich., Van Andel and DeVos are widely known for their espousal of conservative political and economic ideas. Moreover, Van Andel served in 1979-80 as chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. DeVos was the Republican National Committee's finance chief until he was fired in August...
Getting to classes can present another barrier. Since the shuttle buses are not accessible, the transition plan dictated the implementation of an accessible van to transport students to locations on campus. The van is operating, and last year severe overcrowding problems were alleviated by adding a second van. However, because of the way it's managed, the van only performs a minimal service. One third of the time the van either does not show up at all or arrives so late that the appointment or class has been missed. This can happen when clerks make the reservations incorrectly or schedule...
...parents made the effort to get the organ." Not everyone agrees. James Childress, a professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, says, "The moral decision should hinge on who had been waiting the longest, or even decided by lottery." Everyone does agree on one thing. As Jane Van Hook, Minneapolis' donor coordinator, puts it, "If more people were attuned to providing organs, the ethical considerations would not arise." Nor would families feel compelled to become press agents for suffering loved ones...