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...Patricia Hussey of the Notre Dame de Namur order, have refused to disavow a newspaper ad they signed in 1984 contending that there are various legitimate Catholic views on abortion. Rome hoped the ad signers would back down gracefully, but Ferraro and Hussey, and perhaps others, insist on a showdown that could end in Vatican-ordered expulsions...
...victory sets the stage for an October 11 showdown at Boston College, with an upper-division rating in the New England Championships at stake. The Eagles also own a 2-0 league mark, and are tied for first place with Harvard in the New England Union...
...best proof that Reagan does want a summit is that he has been willing to endure scathing criticism from right-wing supporters who wanted him to force a full-scale showdown with Moscow over Daniloff's detention. (The public, however, seems to approve of the President's course. Three-quarters of the people questioned in a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll published last week thought Reagan should go to a summit even if Daniloff was still stuck in Moscow; only 18% said he should not.) Reagan badly wants to wind up his presidency in a blaze of glory...
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...only were those strange-sounding accusations ringing out last week, they were coming from people who are normally among the President's staunchest supporters. Reagan, they charged, is letting his eagerness for an arms-control deal and a summit with Mikhail Gorbachev prevent him from precipitating a full-scale showdown with the Kremlin over the seizure of Nicholas Daniloff, the American reporter being detained in Moscow on what the U.S. regards as trumped-up espionage charges. Why, they asked, was Reagan being so cautious and pragmatic about not making a firm link between such Soviet behavior and progress on arms...