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During Burma's first decade of independence, the nation's undisputed leader was affable, ascetic Premier U Nu, a sometime Buddhist monk who sought through his politics "to merit admission to the higher abode of nirvana." But U Nu was a lackluster administrator, and by 1958 Burma'...
On form, it helps a candidate for sainthood to be Italian, and a nun, priest or brother. Of the "causes" on the Vatican's current list, only 100 are laity; about half are non-Italians. Thirteen of the top candidates are cardinals; five are Popes: Gregory X, Innocent V...
Beyond that, there is the possibility-once just a joke about the numerousness of the Kennedys, now sometimes talked about seriously-that Bobby might try to succeed Jack in the White House. Any mention of this notion angers Bob Kennedy. "This idea is so obviously untrue." he says, "that it...
Selflessness & Zeal. Woodbury's ascetic missionaries-they neither smoke nor drink tea. coffee or liquor-are generally , admired by rival churchmen for their selflessness and zeal. British clergymen are less keen on Woodbury's hard-sell style of making converts. Last year the Church of England assembly labeled...
In Lebanon, the insurrection was more ambitious, recalling for awhile the 1958 civil war in which Christian President Camille Chamoun's government was in conflict with pro-Nasser Moslems until U.S. Marines restored order. When the dust settled, Chamoun stepped down and both Christians and Moslems united behind the...