Catholic response to Vatican birth practices document
Notre Dame ethicist Richard McCormick on NBC Meet the Press criticized the Vatican statement for excluding all technology that replaces sexual intercourse within marriage. He predicted the church may revise that point and said other sections show insensitivity to pluralism in the United States.
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Washington
Vatican
Christian Ethics
Richard McCormick
Notre Dame
Nbc-Tv
Meet the Press
McCormick
United States
Medical students’ dis ease and the doctor as patient
Harvard Medical’s winter issue examines doctors in training who fear illness and physicians who face illness themselves. Articles recount a student with bleeding gums fearing leukemia, a psychiatrist with ulcerative colitis, a surgeon’s growing irritability, and a medicine professor coping with grief after learning his wife carried a brainless fetus.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard Medical
Harvard Medical School
PSC Staff Seeks Stockholder Burden for Vogtle Performance
Georgia Power must cover costs from substandard Vogtle plant performance, not customers. A PSC hearing will hear staff and consultant testimony urging penalties if Unit 1 and Unit 2 fail to maintain efficient output. Georgia Power owns 45.7 percent of the $8.87 billion plant, with ratepayers due to fuel savings from proper operation.
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Atlanta
Vogtle
Georgia Power Co
Public Service Commission
PSC
Georgia Power
Jamshed K. Madan
Georgetown Consulting Group Inc
Ridgefield, Conn
Fear of Acting White Hurts Black Students’ Achievement
Anthropologist Signithia Fordham reports that Black students limit study and downplay success due to fear of friends criticizing them as acting white. Based on interviews with 33 students at a DC high school that is 99 percent Black, the study links social stigma to achievement gaps.
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Washington
Signithia Fordham
University of the District of Columbia
Fordham
District of Columbia
SEC Signals Endangered Corporate Annual Reports
The SEC has told the business world that annual report content beyond legally required financial statements is up to each company. General Motors requested clearer, cost-saving reports and the SEC noted such corporate communications are not mandated by its rules.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Commission
General Motors Corp
Pregnancy not main cause of high school dropouts
The National Association of State Boards of Education says most dropouts are not pregnant. Sixty percent drop out for reasons unrelated to pregnancy, with girls and boys leaving at similar rates for similar causes. The report notes that girls’ academic difficulties are often ignored. A separate Institute for Educational Leadership study links grade retention to higher dropout risk, with students who repeat a grade up to four times more likely to drop out.
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Washington
National Association of State Boards of Education
Institute For Educational Leadership
Rome Train Workers Strike Over Disciplinary Measures
Rome railway workers staged a 24 hour walkout at Rome’s main station starting 9 p m Sunday to protest disciplinary actions against about 20 employees over a sleeping car incident on a Rome Lecce train. The union contends staff were unaware the car would be attached and unavailable to provide service.
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Rome
Lecce
Italy
RAND urges revamp of teacher hiring in U.S. districts
The RAND Corp report faults most districts for hiring practices favoring substitutes or persistent callers, stresses modernizing application systems, eliminating rigid salary caps, and enabling mobility. It highlights East Williston as a model and notes many districts shield veteran instructors from new vacancies.
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Washington
Rand Corp
U.S. Department of Education
Mesa
Ariz
Manila
RAND
Arthur E. Wise
Linda Darling-Hammond
Barnett Berry
Mont
Gomery County
East Williston
N.Y
Hillsborough County
Fla
Rochester
Durham County
N.C
Long Island
Cosby and Eastwood Win Big at 13th People's Choice
Bill Cosby dominates polls winning favorite male TV performer and top all around male performer while The Cosby Show tops continuing TV comedy. Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood named favorite movie actress and actor. ALF named top new TV comedy and L A Law best new drama. Madonna Whitney Houston tie as female musicians. Lionel Richie top male. Alabama favored group.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Bill Cosby
NBC
Alf
Cosby
Cybill Shepherd
ABC
Moonlighting
Barbara Mandrell
Top Gun
Meryl Streep
Clint Eastwood
L.A. Law
CBS
Madonna
Whitney Houston
Lionel Richie
Alabama
Hall Raid Thwarted as 3 Guerrillas Die in Philippines
Police fired on about 15 New People’s Army guerrillas preparing to attack Sexoman town hall in Pampanga. Three rebels were killed and security around public buildings was boosted. President Aquino urged greater air mobility and firepower to protect soldiers and press on with counterinsurgency operations.
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Manila
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Vidal Querol
Central Luzon
People’s Army
Sexoman
Pampangas
Querol
Aquino
U S May Recommend Testing For Recipients
The U S Public Health Service plans to advise voluntary AIDS exposure tests for some blood transfusion recipients from 1977 to 1985. Officials cite varying risk by amount of blood and location, with New York City San Francisco and Los Angeles cited as higher risk areas. 657 of 31 982 AIDS cases were tied to transfusions, AMA notes many doctors lack preparedness for counseling.
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Los Angeles
U.S. Public Health Service
Los Angeles Times
New York City
San Francisco
American Medical Association
AMA
William Hendee
Science and Technology
Hendee
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Details
Contact numbers for subscriptions, classifieds, news ideas, and ads are listed. Customer service hours run 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Office location is 124 Rutland Drive, Aiken, with mailing address Box 456, Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
Ruland Drive
Aiken. SC
Aiken Standard Emergency Numbers
Emergency numbers provided as a service by the Aiken Standard. Listing includes contact details and publication information for the newspaper based in Aiken South Carolina.
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