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Even as composed by professionals, liturgical jazz is inevitably something of a special taste, and too distracting for the average congregation. Moreover, the up-tempo rhythms of modern jazz chafe against the stately language of the Roman Missal or the Book of Common Prayer. Yet many churchmen are hopeful that the gap is being closed. "Jazz today is a valid form of musical expression," says the Rev. Alva Cox, who has promoted liturgical jazz on the National Council of Churches' television series Look Up and Live. "Our conviction is that, far from being a musical form simply for entertainment...
...just Schlag in Vienna. The coalition was more or less forced into being to provide an alternative to the Allied occupation, and both parties chafe at it. It survives thanks to an irksome but inevitable invention called Proporz (balance of powers), under which the People's Party gets the chancellorship, but the Socialists the presidency, and every "sensitive" ministry has not only a minister, but also a state secretary from the other party to keep...
Theoretically tolerant, Buddhist bonzes make immense mischief when they meddle in politics (TIME cover, Dec. 11). Troublesome Islamic minorities chafe in China, Thailand, the Philippines, as well as India. A leading Bombay Moslem complains: "Hindu customers never allow me in their offices at lunchtime because they feel my presence would pollute their food. How can we ever live as brothers?" Hindus return hate for hate. Nehru himself once remarked that Hindu communalism was "the Indian version of fascism." Social, let alone sexual intercourse between young people of the two religions has been known to lead to murder...
...arts college, can do is seriously to educate its students to the scientific method and to give them a glimpse of the scientific enterprise. Some undergraduates will build on this foundation; others will not. The former don't need a stiffer requirement than now exists. The latter would only chafe under heavier demands and resent most of what they learned...
...Oliphant the same within-bounds latitude that Democrat Conrad enjoyed. "He's not allowed to contradict editorial policy," said Editorial Page Editor Mort Stern, "but he's within broad limits. It's never a question of 'do this.' " Cartoonist Oliphant is not likely to chafe at this gentle restriction. The Post endorsed Kennedy in 1960 and will back Johnson this year; Oliphant's attitudes are similar. "I tend to lean Democratic now," he said. "But I don't believe a cartoonist should come out one way or another." Newcomer Oliphant's first...