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...Bravo, Miss Manners! For your good example and constant nagging, you deserve our thanks, perhaps even...
Seven of the expelled clergymen had joined Archbishop Miguel Obando y Bravo and several hundred protesters in a march through Managua on Monday. They were supporting a Nicaraguan priest whom the Sandinistas have accused of supplying weapons to the U.S.-backed contras, who are trying to overthrow the Sandinistas. The charge against all of the expelled priests was that they had criticized the government. "Foreign priests do not have the right to participate in politics against the government," declared Sergio Ramirez, a member of the Sandinista junta. Responded Archbishop Obando: "The government wants a church that is aligned with...
...Bravo to Charles Kuralt and his loving look at us Americans in his television series On the Road [PRESS, April 2]. However, I was concerned when I learned that Kuralt wants to do a show about dogs riding in the back of pickup trucks. If he loves dogs, Kuralt will do a story on why these animals should not sit there. Riding in the wind is devastating to those soft, lovely eyes. Ask a veterinarian...
Historical evidence supports these claims by Keju, a long-time activist on behalf of the Micronese. The story of the Japanese fisherman on the "Lucky Dragon" vessel is well known. The 1954 Bravo surface detonation of the 15-megaton bomb left the customary ash that accompanies fallout. Shortly afterwards several of the men experienced nausea, vomiting and itching skin--common symptoms of radiation exposure. Several crew members eventually fell ill and died. The U.S. government gave $2 million in compensation to the Japanese government...
...spite of slight lingering radio-activity" the Atoll Rongelap is safe for habitation. The exposed people from 1954 returned home with more than 200 Rongelap who were taken away from the atoll during the Bravo test. Brook haven National Laboratory doctors called this exposed group "an ideal comparison population for the studies...