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...brusque Tuscan with a deceptively cherubic face, Benelli has earned good marks during his 16 months in Communist-governed Florence. Even during his years as Pope Paul's front-office strong arm, he served as an able conciliator in several sharp internal church disputes. He has trouble delegating authority???a distinct problem for a Pope ?and it is thought that he would oppose needed decentralization in the church. But his adroit leadership was apparent in his role as the principal supporter of the candidacy of John Paul. A Curia man himself, he opposed Curial candidates. Among the pastoral Italian...
...challenge to his leadership stunned the Shah and outraged his generals, who argued that the demonstrations were surely eroding his authority???and in turn the army's?and must be stopped. Declared an army officer: "We told the Shah, as Lincoln once said, a house divided cannot stand by itself." Said a general to the Shah: "It is against our military honor to stand the present situation." A lengthy late-night Cabinet meeting followed, and on the morning after, Premier Jaafar Sharif-Emami proclaimed a curfew and martial law for six months. Not in a quarter-century had Tehran been...
...career and Clint's. We both have a particular audience that is loyal to us no matter what the critics say. With Clint, they want him to rip the bad guy's face off. With me, they want me to say those Don Rickles lines to people in authority???the bank clerk who won't cash your check, the traffic cop. And it even goes further, all the way up the lines of authority-even up to the President...
History's most famous priestly rebel, Martin Luther, proudly uttered his defiance of church authority???"Here I stand; I can do no other"?before the Diet of Worms. With an equivalent sense of drama, some of today's priests-in-exodus have proclaimed their departures at televised press conferences or in defiant, soul-searching manifestoes. But whether their departures are public or private, the vast majority are in honest rebellion against what they feel is an authoritarian, outmoded church organization that unfairly limits their freedoms and responsibilities and frustrates their desire to serve God by serving man. Catholics...
...Constitution is the struggle between the President and the Senate for power. Last week President Hoover and the Senate became deadlocked in another major battle which made their past controversies over tariff flexibility, export debenture and drought relief look small. By snatching at the President's prime executive authority???his control of appointees?the Senate provoked a controversy which only the Supreme Court can authoritatively settle. By fighting back at the Senate's aggression President Hoover maintained the ancient tradition of his great office...