Word: bishops
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul A. Volcker, novelist V.S. Pritchett, sculptor Louise Nevelson, Bishop of Stockholm and former Divinity School Dean Krister Stendahl are expected to be among 10 who will receive honorary degrees at Harvard's Commencement exercises Thursday...
...another departure, during a speech in 's Hertogenbosch, John Paul defensively explained his recent appointments to the hierarchy. It was the first time a Pope has done so in public. He acknowledged the local unrest and disappointment over his February naming of conservative Bishop Johannes ter Schure, 62. "Believe me, brothers and sisters, this suffering on account of the church grieves me," said the Pontiff. But "in the final analysis, the Pope has to make the decisions...
...promote this role without divesting, My proposal is for Harvard to use its shareholders votes in U.S. companies which do business in South Africa to elect directors who are committed to ethical and that country, and I believe that the man best qualified to be such a director its Bishop Desmond Tutu...
...Harvard has already shown its willingness to divest its share in irresponsible companies. Why should it not then use its shareholder power to elect a director who will act to ensure the proper behavior of the remaining companies in its portfolio? To those who favor divestment, the election of Bishop Tutu would mean that apartheid's most notable, eloquent, and unimpeachable opponent would be able to affect the behavior of U.S. companies abroad depends upon the will of the people, and not just the position of the incumbent administration. For those who do not own stock in the U.S. companies...
...wistful romance, especially when it stars three such appealing actors. Alas, the script (by Edward Khmara, Michael Thomas and Tom Mankiewicz) jumbles modern slang with chivalric sentiment; and Director Richard Donner (The Omen, Superman) is no spellbinder of medieval melancholy. "I believe in miracles," says the evil bishop (John Wood) who laid on the curse. "It's part of my job." Making miracles is Donner's job--and, Dick, you're fired...