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...Until the Middle Ages, saints were created by popular acclaim and decrees of local bishops, which Rome usually accepted as evidence of sanctity. Even now the Pope can bypass the Congregation of Rites, declare a saint on his own authority...
...through the whole ordeal of instant heroism, he continued to display a remarkable modesty and control. In his greetings to his backstage co-workers at Canaveral, Colonel Glenn put his feelings extemporaneously, and in his own fashion: "There is much acclaim for this flight, but it is only one step in a long program. I'd like all of you who worked on it to feel that I am your representative. I'm getting the attention for all the thousands of you who worked...
...George C. Scott is an exception, a heavy who has achieved star status. In all media, his acting has earned soaring critical acclaim. He was, for example, the superbly cynical gambler in Hollywood's The Hustler. He was the ice-eyed police lieutenant who stalked Sir Laurence Olivier in TV's The Power and the Glory...
Both impressed and appalled by the wild acclaim that Ghana's people gave the Queen, Nkrumah and his advisers were toning down a violently anti-British White Paper that accused British interests of fomenting and financing rebellion against the Ghanaian government. But criticism of the "foreign press conspiracy" reached fever pitch. Ousted from Ghana for "false, tendentious and obnoxious" reports were two British journalists.* Their crime: stating the obvious fact that Ghana is drifting toward an oppressive, Red-lining dictatorship...
...Luis F. Leloir of the University of Buenos Aires, a biological chemist who has gained international acclaim for his studies on carbohydrate metabolism, has been appointed the Dunham Lecturer for the academic year 1961-62, Dr. George P. Berry, Dean of the Medical School, announced recently...