Word: bureaucratizing
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Then how did the required majority coalesce so swiftly? One observer explained it succinctly: "The foreigners," the 85 non-Italians, did not want a bureaucrat from the Curia but a man who, like John XXIII, had the warmth of a good pastor. In addition, almost all the Cardinals seemed to want a man who emblemized faith as well as hope and charity, one who, like Paul VI, had a deep concern for doctrine. Luciani fitted both bills. He was also ideal in another respect. The Cardinals are always uneasy at the prospect of a lengthy papacy?15 or more years?...
...Authentic Pastor. He is primarily Bishop of Rome. But as a universal pastor, he should be neither an administrator nor a general secretary, not a lawyer, diplomat or bureaucrat. He should be a pastor, a man in the service of men not institutions, a leader resolved not to rule but to serve...
MARRIED. Christina Onassis, 27, Greek Shipping Heiress; and Sergei Kauzov, 37, former Soviet Shipping Bureaucrat; in Moscow (see WORLD...
...order to spare Joe the pain. Of course, the escort does not realize that Joe, being an excellent athlete with quick reflexes, would have avoided the crash and lived for another 50 years. Joe protests his early departure to heaven and the mistake is soon discovered by another celestial bureaucrat (played by they oh-so-suave James Mason). Unfortunately, Joe's own body has been cremated, so a new body suitable for him must be found...
After commissioning and polishing Elaine May's screenplay, Beatty got to work on casting. Possibly the hardest role to fill was that of Mr. Jordan, a heavenly bureaucrat played by Claude Rains in 1941: both Cary Grant and former Senator Eugene McCarthy were talked about for the part before it went to James Mason. Only at the last minute did Beatty decide to try directing for the first time. "I asked Mike [Nichols] and Arthur [Penn], but they were busy," he says. "Then I thought the next best thing would be to do it myself." But Beatty, who becomes deadly...