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The U.S. media's spin: The pope's visit crowns freedom's triumph over communism and "is bound to hasten" Cuba's progress toward democracy.
They appear to revel in the delivery of punch lines that are totally unintelligible--not, I hasten to say, because of a culture gap or a diminution of (this viewer's) auditory acuity but because of essential lack of clarity of expression.
These thoughts were occasioned by what I regard as without question the two most enthralling performances of the decade--and I hasten to temper such a superlative with a dose of irony.
Sedation should be restricted as a reversible therapeutic option to otherwise refractory suffering by burdensome symptoms in the terminal and final phase, which may, but should not intentionally, hasten death.
The book's subtitle is, "A Pastor to the President Speaks Out," but I hasten to say that it does not betray pastoral confidences.