Word: christiane
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Italy last week braced itself for yet another government, a new Premier-and a political experiment that made some Italians and their Western democratic friends a little nervous. The government was a monocolore, or one-party Christian Democratic Cabinet, led by Giulio Andreotti, 57, a cool and analytical Roman who in two previous tours has been one of Italy's more effective Premiers. In order to form a minority government in the face of increased Communist strength following the June elections, Andreotti agreed to a parliamentary coalition in which Communists will be able to wield considerable veto power while...
...Warning. Whether the experiment would work in Italy was also uncertain; but like an untested drug on a moribund patient, it seemed no worse than the alternative. The election was another Italian standoff. The Christian Democrats, with 39% of the vote, did not emerge with sufficient strength to govern alone; the Communists, with 34%, fell short of what they needed to command a formal role in the government. The Christian Democrats were unwilling to share power formally with the Communists. They were also on warning not to by Western allies, who at an economic summit in Puerto Rico in June...
Both Israel and Syria seem to be doing nothing to block the Christian plan to end the conflict by "cantonizing" Lebanon into religious zones. Last week, as a Palestinian peace mission set out to negotiate a cease-fire in Damascus, Syrian President Hafez Assad launched into a three-hour speech that flayed Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian Liberation Organization boss, for carrying on the war. Said Assad: "Those who declare that they wish to liberate Jounieh do not aspire to liberate Palestine." Peace, he made clear, would come only on Syrian terms...
...girl had a vision. Jesus allowed her to see the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written. At the very center in a halo of light was the Fourth Commandment, requiring observance of the seventh day. This meant, an angel explained, that Saturday must be kept as the Christian Sabbath...
Ellen White is far less well known today than her contemporary Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science. But the Adventists-who still expect the Second Coming to occur shortly-have grown into a remarkable denomination, with 2.5 million members in 185 countries, including 480,000 in the U.S. On average, Adventists contribute more to their church ($486 a year per capita) than do members of any other U.S. denomination. Worldwide, they operate an extensive system of 4,218 schools and 421 medical institutions...