Word: christian
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...rigidly prescribed sequence of courses. U.S. exchange students may therefore be discouraged by the lack of electives at Soviet schools. But the Soviets are astonished by the abundance of choices. One visiting student at Wesleyan signed up for a class in jazz improvisation; several are taking courses in Christian ethics, while others are rounding out their schedules with power volleyball and Nautilus instruction. "Knowledge is broader and more universal in American colleges," observes Lyaziza Sabyrova, 22, who is now at Wheaton. Accustomed to narrow specialization, she was amazed to meet an American student who was combining majors in biology...
...midnight Thursday, Gemayel's six-year presidential term expired. With Lebanon's fractious Christians and Muslims unable to agree on a candidate to succeed him, Gemayel asked a fellow Christian, army commander Michel Aoun, to head a transitional government of six military officers. The maneuver failed, however, because the three Muslim appointees refused to participate...
...President Sulieman Franjieh, 78, a close friend of Syrian President Hafez Assad, announced his candidacy. Assad, whose 40,000 troops in Lebanon reinforce his claim to be the country's dominant power broker, has been pressing for political reforms that would ensure a more equitable distribution of influence between Christians and Muslims. Muslims constitute an estimated 55% of the population. By tradition, the President has always been a Maronite Christian, the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim and the Speaker of the National Assembly a Shi'ite. Fearful that Franjieh would give in to Assad's wishes, the pro-Israeli Lebanese...
...viewers of World Monitor, a nightly program of international news produced by the Christian Science Monitor, time does seem to be standing still. The program, which debuted last week on cable's Discovery Channel, has ) the meaty content and sober style of an earlier, less frantic TV era. Yet, to its creators, the show is not a look backward but an effort to bring a respected but somewhat stodgy news organization into the 1980s...
Reaching for a younger audience, the Christian Science Monitor comes to TV. -- USA Today also debuts on the tube...