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Even some of the groups which comprised the bedrock of Walsh's constituency have backed away from the embattled councillor, trying to avoid the cloud of corruption hanging over their advocate...
Hence the never-ending paradox: some bedrock of honesty is fundamental to society; people cannot live together if no one is able to believe what anyone else is saying. But there also seems to be an honesty threshold, a point beyond which a virtue turns mean and nasty. Constantly hearing the truth, the cold, hard, brutal unsparing truth, from spouses, relatives, friends and colleagues is not a pleasant prospect. "Human kind," as T.S. Eliot wrote, "cannot bear very much reality." Truth telling makes it possible for people to coexist; a little lying makes such society tolerable...
...BOTTOM LINE: Music that changed music; a myth that begot other myths; bedrock-'n'-roll classicism that still shakes...
...moment, the American bishops can take comfort in the bedrock loyalty and surprising contentment among women parishioners. But the tug-of-war over the bishops' pastoral letter is only a foretaste of more severe conflicts that lie ahead. Hammered by new views of morality, authority, personal rights, the family and motherhood, the Catholic tradition is increasingly being cast on the defensive in Western nations. Women, whether or not they ever become priests or bishops or Popes, will help determine the outcome...
...impact has been just as severe in Canada, where oil and gas are a bedrock of the economy, contributing nearly 12% of the $588 billion gross domestic product. Since 1989, nearly 15% of the Canadian work force has been & laid off, and major producers are shuttering refineries and closing thousands of service stations. Last year Imperial Oil, owned largely by Exxon, posted the first loss in its 111-year history. Another giant, Gulf Canada Resources Ltd., stunned the industry last month by walking away from its stake in a huge undersea oil project on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland...