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Former Georgia Gov. George Busbee touched on it when he said that "the Olympics will be the biggest and the greatest thing that has ever happened to the economy of our state and the skyline of Atlanta...
...action could credibly justify a fight? Is the invasion of Kuwait in itself adequate? Some in the Administration argue that it is, but "the longer war is delayed, the more contrived such a pretext would appear," says an American intelligence-community planner. "We've been bedeviled by the pretext thing for weeks, but we were greatly heartened by the Iraqi raid of foreign embassies" in Kuwait last Friday. "That kind of stupidity shows that Saddam is capable of providing a provocation at any time, even though everyone has assumed he is too smart for that...
Mossad, the Israeli spy service, still commands high respect for its intelligence operations, even if it no longer enjoys the reputation of its early days. But one thing that has changed not at all is its aversion to publicity. Last week Israel went to extraordinary -- and unsuccessful -- lengths to prevent the U.S. publication of a book by a former agent that claims to reveal the service's secrets. In the process, it turned a somewhat dubious book that would probably have been of interest only to intelligence buffs into a best seller, while giving front-page publicity to some...
...many clerics betraying their vows? For one thing, some psychologists believe, those who are drawn to the priesthood today are more likely to be psychologically immature, homosexual or unsure of their sexuality. Forty years ago, a religious life was seen as both a higher calling and a route to advancement. But the pool of candidates for the priesthood has been steadily shrinking, especially since the advent of the sexual revolution in the '60s. Since 1965, the number of seminarians has dropped from 49,000 to 6,200. Moreover, seminary instructors have focused on spiritual training and have ignored normal human...
...problem is that he fell in love, this is not the place for him," says Father John Loftus, a psychologist who runs Southdown, a treatment center in Aurora, Ont. "There's nothing psychiatrically abnormal about that." Where a cleric often needs help, says Loftus, is in his "professing one thing and living another." Some priests deny they have a conflict; others are tortured by guilt. For some, sexual activity may be a signal of other problems, such as burnout, depression or loneliness...