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Last week Rome's official Jesuit fortnightly, Civiltà Cattolica, printed a significant article to explain how mistaken this idea was. "There are many sincere believers, Catholics full of idealism, who look with disquietude and almost a secret anguish on the diplomatic activity of the vicar of Jesus Christ. They would prefer . . . that the Church should never appear to be conniving with this or that policy or with any particular regime." Such notions, the article went on, grew out of ignorance of what Vatican diplomacy really is, or how much the spiritual good of Catholics can be benefited...
...their clothing from oil and grease drippings. The company had none, so it issued the men smocks used regularly in the paint department. The boys began to jeer: "Next they will give you guys berets." Another worker catcalled: "Hello, Floozy!" Thus subjected to mortification, extreme mental cruelty, great mental anguish, the ten besmocked workmen walked off the job. They were followed by 146 other workers. Before the day was out, the company had to send 14,000 employees home...
...governor of a province, promptly threatened to plunge Iran into civil war over a disagreement with the central government at Teheran. In 1922 he became Minister of Finance, and at once proceeded to cut the salaries of all bureaucrats (including Parliament members and himself) in half. Officials howled in anguish. Again Mossadeq was fired-but the Teheran voters elected him to Parliament...
...chorus of anguish rose. Then guests began bidding frantically for pieces of their favorite hotel. A shrewd New York merchant snapped up brass doorknobs and key plates for resale as souvenirs. Last week, when the Ritz finally closed its doors, the hotel owners decided to auction off the furniture, rugs, mirrors, fireplaces and dishes, glassware and silver with the Ritz crest. Flashiest buyer: wealthy Texas Publisher Amon Carter, who bought the famed men's bar as a present for his son, and two elevator cages to be used as powder rooms in his Fort Worth home...
...industry let out a howl of anguish four years ago when General Motors' research wizard, Charles F. Kettering, announced a revolutionary new auto engine. By using gasoline with a 105-octane rating, Kettering's high-compression engine could get 30 miles to the gallon. Complained oilmen: to provide enough 105-octane gas to make such a revolution practical would require a $2 billion rebuilding of their whole refining equipment...