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...independent and strong Europe because of its historical rivalry with Russia and its perpetuation of unnecessary U.S. involvement in Europe.The controversy surrounding membership proposals made at the NATO summit in Bucharest earlier this month is recent evidence of the current problems. It offered “membership action plans” to Albania and Croatia but declined Ukraine and Georgia’s requests for similar plans. Many NATO member states saw the prospect of bringing these former Soviet states into the organization as dangerous because of the likelihood that their admission would anger Russia. Instances like these illustrate...
After weeks of arduous road trips and non-stop action in pools across the Eastern and Western seaboards, the Harvard women’s water polo team prepared to play in possibly its last games of the season during the Northern Championships.The Crimson faced the daunting task of finishing in the top two spots to qualify for the Eastern Championships. To do that, Harvard had to do something it hadn’t done all year—defeat either Hartwick or Brown to get into the final.The Crimson dropped two matches to Hartwick and Brown consecutively before rebounding...
...almost too-professional manner, still sounded harmonious—thus creating great expectations for what was to come after the intermission. However, to the conductor’s surprise, the stage was only partially full when the brief intermission ended. One of the bass players was missing in action, but this hindrance did not prevent Yannatos from sticking to the schedule and beginning Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, albeit with one musician absent (the bassist’s later, hurried return to the stage was not quite inconspicuous). The somber solo trumpet that opened the first movement, entitled...
Papal visits are pastoral visits - that is, they are concerned with the encouraging and healing of a Pope's flock, not the formation of policy. And yet a pastoral statement as affecting as this one is something of a promissory note for subsequent action. At a TIME magazine luncheon for Cardinal William Levada, Benedict's successor as head of the Vatican doctrinal office (the one in charge of the most egregious sex abuse cases), we asked whether the Vatican intended to deal with the one part of the sex scandal that seems outstanding: beyond attending to victims and taking abusers...
...those Abused by Priests), has been skeptical of any substantive change based on the Pope's admission of shame over the scandal, or his meeting with several victims. Levada's comments, says Cloughessy, were "a step beyond 'I feel badly about it' and a step below actually taking action...