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...This round of visits is really to talk to alums about the changes [in Radcliffe], to answer their questions so that the first dean will be able to concentrate on talking about the present and future...and not have to be so concerned that everyone understand what we're doing," Dunn said...
...fond of talking about fostering civil society to help create democracy and better societies; these churches have developed a vigorous and dynamic social network among their members despite the persecution of the government. Unlike political organizations that would surely be quickly and viciously squashed by the state, these churches present no clear threat to the government and could be the start of a much more vigorous civil society in China...
...government. There is little to be gained by taking a firm and proud moral stance on democracy in China or Tibetan independence because the regime has so much tied up with those issues. But the mistreatment of Christians is not fundamental to the government's identity, nor does it present a clear and worrying danger as democratic reform would...
...acting as Pope." While the Vatican can operate with an incapacitated Pope, important decisions (the naming of bishops) and documents would have to wait until he was well enough to approve of them--or until a new Pope came around. A mentally compromised Pope kept alive artificially would present the church with a constitutional crisis. If a Pope can see that coming, says Greeley, he should choose--or be persuaded--to retire. In which case, canon law is simple. The Pope is one of the world's last absolute rulers and answers only...
Then came the happy news. While I was naively prepared to believe the main purpose of the merger was to make more money for shareholders, all present assured us that the new entity was there to serve the public interest. Case: "Ultimately, this is about serving consumers." Levin: "The values that we feel we can leave as a legacy...have a lot to do with the social destiny of people everywhere...