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...good burghers of Bavaria like their beer strong and their religion straight. The Bavarian Lutheran Church is the only staunchly conservative Protestant Church left in West Germany, the only one, for instance, that does not yet permit the ordination of women. Thus traditionalist, some might say male-chauvinist pastors have found it a welcome refuge. But even in Bavaria times are changing. Among other innovations, a bishop can now give special permission to a woman to celebrate the Eucharist. Irritated by this incursion, three Bavarian Lutheran pastors have fled their church in recent months and have begun studies to become...
...rzburg's Deutschhaus church, the Rev. Karl-Heinz Tillmann, 39, married and the father of three. But the final and most embarrassing blow came last month with the resignation of the Rev. Gerhard Betzner, the popular pastor of the church at Neuendettelsau, a stronghold of Bavarian Lutheranism...
With the emphasis now on preventing further attacks, passengers are paying the price in both inconvenience and security expenses added to their tickets. In Munich, the Bavarian Interior Ministry demands written guarantees that arriving passengers at Riem Airport have been searched before takeoff. When airlines refuse such guarantees, their planes are ordered to an isolated runway, and passengers and luggage are thoroughly examined. Tempelhof Airport in West Berlin uses a code to indicate to air crews if any embarking passengers are Arab. At Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, overhead walkways have been closed off, and armed soldiers patrol them. Most...
...Performing Arts Foundation of New York City. This talented group of young professional artists will present a series of one hour performances of international song and dance. Another highlight will be performances by La Meri's Ethnic Dance Group of Cape Cod. An international folk orchestra on Friday, a Bavarian orchestra on Saturday, and a Hofbrau band and Steel Band on Sunday will provide music for dancing in a specially designed garden featuring international wines...
Equally pointless is Miloš Forman's cutting between decathlon competitors and various musical activities that he found in and around the Games, from Bavarian bell ringing to a performance of Beethoven's Ninth. The decathlon is something more than the hot pursuit of exhaustion, and so, perhaps, is bell ringing, if that is where one's heart lies. As for John Schlesinger's back-and-forthing between a losing British marathon competitor and the murder of the eleven Israeli athletes by Arab terrorists, it is a tasteless last-minute paste...