Word: clergymen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...corpse." The fiery consecration sermon by the Rev. George Rutler of Rosemont, Pa., compared the new bishops to Moses for leading their people out of the Episcopal Egypt. After a service of nearly three hours, the solemn congregation burst into applause as the resplendently robed and mitered clergymen were declared to be bishops...
...directive also reaffirms the list of dos and don'ts for American agents that was signed two years ago by President Ford. It sets no limits on a CIA practice that attracted heavy criticism during recent congressional hearings: the use of newsmen, students or clergymen as agents. Though the general policy is not to use them, the White House asserts that it did not want specifically to single out any groups for exclusion. But agents cannot interview people in the U.S. without identifying themselves as spooks. Nor can the CIA, using a seemingly innocuous business firm as cover overseas...
Alan Paton, South African author, at Harvard University rapping clergymen for their silence on the subject of apartheid: "It's about time that missionary activity be directed to the white people...
...camel's back was Stokowski's insistence on programming contemporary works: he viewed the well-subscribed concert series as an ideal opportunity to expose audiences to music that record stores couldn't sell and radios wouldn't air. But unfortunately Philadelphia was a city of old-blood lawyers and clergymen, where music was regarded as something of dubious merit and suspicion. There was no conceivable way to make the avant-garde noise palatable to subscribers, argued the orchestra management. Bickering between the artist and board members reached an inevitable head in 1938, and Stokowski's 29-year association with...
INSURANCE PROBES. These provide an almost inexhaustible supply of horror stories. Denver District Attorney Dale Tooley discovered that 55 insurance companies used Factual Service Bureau Inc. of Chicago, whose gumshoes impersonated clergymen and doctors. This enabled them to winnow information from hospitals, the FBI, the Veterans Administration, the Social Security Administration and the IRS. Because of Tooley's probe, 20 individuals and companies -including Factual Service, Home In demnity Co. of New York, Northwestern National Insurance Co. of Milwaukee and Reliance Insurance Co. of Ohio -are being prosecuted for theft...