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...Salvador last Sunday, John Paul made an urgent plea for peace and reconciliation. Said he: "The dialogue which the church seeks is not a tactical truce called to fortify positions in order to pursue the struggle but a sincere effort to respond to the search for an accord." As the Pope passed the city's cathedral, he made a surprise visit to the tomb of Archbishop Romero and praised his example. "I would hope that his memory be always respected," he emphasized, "and that no ideological interest would try to exploit his sacrifice as pastor leading his flock...
...through the floor if they chose to pump flat out. The threat could bring Nigeria and other wayward nations into line. As Mani Said al-Oteiba, oil minister for the United Arab Emirates, declared after the two-day Riyadh meeting, "If the other OPEC nations do not accept this accord, the gulf states will have to cut the price even more...
Japan has been prodding Toyota for some time to begin producing cars in the U.S. to help ease trade tensions between the two countries. The company has been slow to move, although Honda Motor Co. is assembling Accord subcompacts in Ohio, and Nissan Motor Co. will build pickup trucks later this year in Tennessee. Growing protectionist sentiment in the U.S. may have given Toyota a nudge. The new venture will give the company greater access to the U.S. market. Fearing an American clampdown on their autos, the Japanese agreed to limit exports to the U.S. for the past two years...
...most fundamental. Significantly, the Council refused to address the issues of "duties" whatsoever. When a councillor, Peter Choharis, presented an amendment saying in effect that the Council did recognize that citizens of the United States did have duties to the nation but it felt those duties should be in accord with our private consciences, the Council rejected the amendment...
...diversity, historic continuity and character of a city is destroyed when old buildings are razed. Character attracts visitors, gives residents a sense of belonging and accounts for the affinity between cities and civilization. The notion that we must revitalize the heart of a city every two decades, in accord with the latest architectural fashion, explains the cities' bland uniformity...