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...Catholic Church is, notably, not a democratic institution. It is resolutely impervious to populist demands. In spite of its autocratic handling of salient issues, it needs to change the nature of representation within the church...
...many Catholics, increasingly teetering on the brink of agnosticism, disillusionment and dissatisfaction, the pontiff's visit created the opportunity to examine received orthodoxy. For, in spite of a growing schism, the Catholic Church continues to appeal to American youth in unprecedented numbers...
...spite of what resentful European allies think, Washington was not trying to complicate the Geneva negotiations. The proximate cause of war talk was a report in early July from the World Health Organization, saying Sarajevo faced potential catastrophe because of shortages of food, fuel and electricity. Worried by that -- and by the political beating the Administration would take for "losing" Sarajevo -- U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher joined hawkish National Security Adviser Anthony Lake in ordering an analysis of air power to break the Serbian choke hold on the capital. That surprised many policymakers unused to seeing Christopher push...
...spite of the arsenal which Brock has stockpiled, there is no single piece of ammunition sufficient to land a mortal blow. The Real Anita Hill is, however, a salvo in an ongoing cultural war. It lends a new aspect to the case, compelling the reader to take another look at the proceedings which, almost two years ago, rent American society along class, racial and gender lines...
...spite of the dizzying roar of gunfire, Fawaz seemed to have it right. Israel was theoretically blazing away not at the Lebanese nation but at the guerrilla groups supplied and paid by Iran and assisted by Syria. Those groups have been engaged in a long-running low-grade war with Israeli occupation troops in southern Lebanon and have attacked Israel from wadis in the area. Israeli-government spokesmen claimed that their forces were counterattacking them with great precision, targeting guerrilla bases and homes, offices and training centers. In fact, Israel was pounding the country with a blunt and heavy instrument...