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...been a while... Pope John Paul II arrived in Rumania on Friday, the first pontiff to visit Eastern Orthodox territory since Martin I was abducted there in the seventh century. And his historic attempt to heal the 945-year-old rift between the Vatican and the Eastern Orthodox Church may resonate with Slavic nationalist perceptions of the current conflict over Kosovo. "NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia is seen by many in Serbia, and other parts of the Slavic world, as evidence that the Eastern Orthodox Church faces a crusade from the West for the domination of Eastern souls," says TIME...
PANGAEA SPLITTING INTO CONTINENTS and the ocean flowing between them has not been the only great divide in history. An even greater rift emerged--one that changed the course of history forever--when JFK Street rammed itself through Harvard Square, creating a divide in the land greater than any resulting from a wide expanse of sea. This split yielded two institutions which, though separated by no more than 30 yards, are truly worlds apart: Nini's Corner and Out of Town News...
Pangaea splitting into continents and the ocean flowing between them has not been the only great divide in history. An even greater rift emerged--one that changed the course of history forever--when JFK Street rammed itself through Harvard Square, creating a divide in the land greater than any resulting from a wide expanse of sea. This split yielded two institutions which, though separated by no more than 30 yards, are truly worlds apart: Nini's Corner and Out of Town News...
...friends? given up something of value for someone else's sake?), the environment in which the universalisms were set clued me into previously unknown aspects of Jewish culture. Before the Boston Jewish Film Festival, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was all bombs and faceless terrorists, and who knew of the rift between so-called secular and observant Jews...
Additionally, the fires healed, at least temporarily, a festering rift between town and company. Many townspeople are concerned that Vail Resorts, one of the largest U.S. ski operators, is seeking to singlehandedly control the area's economic life. The firm has expanded its real estate ventures and has branched into the kind of non-ski businesses that were traditionally run by ski-town locals, including retail shops and a controversial entertainment complex called Adventure Ridge. "It's drawing people away," as many as 1,200 a night, says Jonathan Staufer, owner of a local cookware store. But most such complaints...