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...also relies on the fact that the relevant government ministries governing the new Iraqi forces are currently controlled by its allies. It's not clear what might change if elements less friendly to the U.S. take charge of those ministries, and that's precisely what Rumsfeld hopes to avoid...
...said Harvard would likely cooperate with the RIAA’s requests in order to avoid subjecting the “deep pockets” of its endowment to bigger legal battles...
Harvard scrounged up a tally in the top of the fifth on a hit and a two-base throwing error, but could not avoid the mercy rule in the soggy, frigid nightcap...
...with their provocative pastoral letter: "The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response." Erupting from a church history that either ignored nuclear weapons or, in the nationalistic enthusiasms of some clergymen, saw such weapons as new arms for Christian soldiers, the bishops suddenly leaped forward: "We cannot avoid our responsibility to lift up the moral dimensions of the choices before our world and nation." They emphasized that they were speaking purely from a moral pulpit, "as pastors, not politicians." No sooner had they spoken, however, than many conservative American Catholics, among others, faulted their logic: the moral issue...
...shaping up as this summer's Call to Glory. Like ABC's critically applauded family drama, introduced last August, Hometown is hoping to build an audience during the last weeks of summer; a spot is already reserved for it on the fall schedule. The trick will be to avoid the fate of Call to Glory, which started strongly but gradually withered under the fall competition. Like any other series looking to survive beyond the summer, Hometown must prove it is a show for all seasons. --By Richard Zoglin. Reported by Richard Woodbury/Los Angeles