Word: towardness
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...this time last year, the storyline looked just the same for the Harvard men’s hockey team. The Crimson (5-11-4, 5-6-4 ECAC) is starting to rebound after a lengthy winless streak and looks toward the thrill and fanfare of playing in a venerable Boston-sports institution—the 57th Annual Beanpot Tournament—to jumpstart the momentum. In this tournament, featuring the four elite teams of Boston men’s college hockey, a win always carries special significance. The Crimson played two of the most exciting games of its season...
...This isn't just the first test, it's the biggest. Trillion-dollar legislation doesn't come along every day, and the hard choices are not just what we spend money on but how, at what speed, toward which priorities. Is getting a bad bill quickly really worth it? Is taking more time to get it right really so risky...
...most immediate and practical sense, the disaffection can already be measured in Rome. A generally supportive Vatican hierarchy was caught off guard by both the timing and substance of the boss's unilateral olive branch to a group that has shown little good will toward Rome ever since the four bishops were consecrated in open defiance of Pope John Paul II, the act that had prompted their 1988 excommunication. Among several loyal Pope backers inside the Roman Curia, none of whom wanted to be identified, there was widespread consternation about the entire episode - and major uncertainty about what happens next...
...chambers didn't exist and Jewish deaths during World War II did not exceed 300,000. The Pope and several of his deputies have spent the past week reiterating the Vatican's clear, longstanding line on both the historical facts of the Holocaust and the warm papal sentiments toward and theological connection with the Jewish people. There is little doubt that the repair work, like that done with Muslims after the Regensburg speech, will eventually help put inter-faith dialogue back on track...
...fallout inside the Catholic hierarchy could be more lasting. Regensburg was a question of a speech largely directed toward the outside world; and while some still criticize the poorly chosen language, others believe it gave much needed impetus to a more frank discussion about Islam. It was, in any case, the "professor Pope" playing to his strengths...