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...force the church to confront its failings - not only in respect to Jews, but also in relation to Muslims, Christians of other denominations and even sometimes its own flock - are the exception rather than the norm in papal history. But a specific apology for the actions of a predecessor currently in the process of beatification (Pius XII) may have been beyond his reach, given the complex and contested process by which the Vatican makes decisions. The absence of an apology for Pius XII didn't in any way diminish the power in the spectacle of the bishop of Rome making...
Early 1994: The University begins the Administrative Data Project (ADP)--ADAPT's predecessor--which involves about 400 Harvard faculty and staff in a review of administrative data systems...
...level--is imminent. Although Gore temporarily appeased liberal support groups--especially the AFL-CIO, which provided him with the key endorsement--he will have to ditch ideas about eliminating the internal combustion engine if he wants to win in November, and continue the pragmatic "third-way" sought by his predecessor...
Like its 1996 predecessor, HBO's If These Walls Could Talk 2 (various dates in March) takes a high-concept approach--three stories set in one house in three decades--to a high-profile issue: in the first, abortion; here, lesbianism. (Walls 3 will no doubt treat health-care reform.) Like its forebear, this uneven but worthwhile film is less about sex than its aftermath. In "1961," Vanessa Redgrave, whose lover of 50 years has died, meets the woman's nephew, arrived to dispose of the house he's inherited and clueless about the lifestyle of his "maiden aunt." Redgrave...
...going to convert any non-Bridget fans with its self-indulgent length (352 pages? How does a busy woman like Bridget find time to write almost a page a day?). And even fans will notice that the plots of the novel don't tie together as neatly as its predecessor. Whereas the relationship between Bridget's mother and her unctuous Portuguese suitor Julio was the plot lynchpin of the first novel, this time around the mother's adoption of Wellington, a Kikuyu who is much wiser than the muddle-headed, annoying mother, seems superfluous, included merely for the humorous possibilities...