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...fact, Sunday's mass may be less a cataloging of specific wrongs than a general framing of the context and meaning of the Catholic Church's acknowledgment of its own sins at the dawn of the third millennium. "Above and beyond giving a mea culpa, John Paul II will attempt to frame what the church means by a mea culpa," says TIME religion correspondent David Van Biema. "His belief that the church strengthens itself through a frank acknowledgment of past sins is a remarkable thing. But the Vatican is also being careful to make clear that this isn't simply...
...throughout its history. It is in this malleability that the best hope for securing equal rights for women lies. Egyptian activists are quick to point out that the divorce amendments did not come at the expense of religious law, but were successful precisely because they were justified in the context of religious teachings. Indeed, a crux of the reform movement was its ability to stave off the objections of religious hard-liners by appealing to passages in the Shariah that discuss the inherent equality of men and women...
...just what is too far in the context of hockey - a sport in which many fans feel cheated when they pay to see a game and no fights break out? The case represents only the fourth time charges have been brought against an NHL player for an on-ice incident. Only one, the most recent, resulted in a conviction - Minnesota's Dino Ciccarelli had to spend a night in jail in 1988 for sticking a player. McSorley, who will stand trail April 4, faces up to 18 months in jail if convicted, in addition to the record 23-game...
...insularity that most upperclassmen have comfortably settled into is as much a factor of major as it is a factor of blocking groups and residence. The real solidarity of attitudes, the taking-for-granted, the place where questions cease to be asked cannot be entirely divorced from the academic context...
...Darcy). Admittedly, those adventures include perhaps the weak point of the novel, when Bridget is framed for smuggling drugs in Thailand, which seems to be the excitement-and-terror locale du jour (see Brokedown Palace or The Beach). Out of urban London, Bridget's neuroticism seems hopelessly out of context: for all her moaning in her diary, a lot of the humor of the novel derives from the fact that her life is rather good, actually. And her performance of "Like a Virgin" in a Thai prison is the stuff of bad comedies...