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Though the Alexians acted out of a commendable desire to avoid possible bloodshed, the precedent was not a happy one. At the time its property was invaded, the order was in the final stages of negotiating an agreement to lease the abbey to another group of Indians. The Menominee hotheads who simply moved in were in fact initially condemned by their tribal elders. But in the end revolutionary rhetoric and the blackmail of violence prevailed...
Menominees will get the abbey for a nominal $1 plus a vaguely worded pledge to give the brothers "fair reimbursement" for the property. The price of compassion in this instance will be to encourage any group in U.S. society with real or fancied grievances to take the law into their own hands...
...downtown Atlanta, an abandoned Unitarian church has been converted into a dining place called the Abbey. The 70-year-old building-where Author Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind) was married-is graced with an elegant stained-glass front window, vaulted, beamed ceilings and a crafted Gothic interior. Though it might seem odd to some that Christians should go to a church for sole rather than soul, the Abbey has been serving capacity crowds. Most favored of its five dining areas: the choir loft, where monk-robed waiters Handel their guests with priestly concern...
...went to London and got some bricks from the Abbey Road wall," says Joel Glazier, a bearded, dogmatic fan from Delaware. He grins wildly as he describes his precious finds. "Besides the bricks, I went to each of The Beatles' homes and picked up gravel and sticks. Of course at Abbey Road, I had to take my shoes off and walk across like Paul. It was January, and God, it was cold." The gathered fans nod solemnly--spellbound and envious. "I went through the garbage cans at Apple. I found the bill from when John ordered cartons of Dr. Pepper...
...gunfire or seared by shell-started flames. In Famagusta, the church of St. Nicholas where the kings of Jerusalem were once crowned was damaged. The temple of Aphrodite in Paphos was seriously pocked by mortar shells. In Bellapaise, high above the sea on the north coast, the 14th century abbey with its lemon trees is under United Nations protection...