Word: closed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fundamental bases of the papacy-its infallibility and primacy. Küng has been judged by such a competent theologian as Karl Rahner to be little different from a liberal Protestant in numerous of his opinions about the church. In fact, Küng has often sailed very close to objective heresy. Great choice indeed...
John Skow, you say that Dick Yates' new novel A Good School [Aug. 21] is first-rate, acute and impeccable and then slap him down somewhat scornfully at the end. You say his work comes close to fear, whatever that's supposed to say as a literary evaluation. I would have thought you'd applaud that cautionary nerve in Yates when we have so many books so bravely fearless and forgotten. Fear is a quality to be admired in a writer of Yates' integrity. If he has fear, how can the rest of us afford...
...immediate scene. For a few hours at a time then, the President heard only the rush of clear water, the muffled voices of family and friends, and the quiet language of trees and animals in a wilderness. Said Hamilton Jordan: "A man like President Carter, who has grown up close to the soil, gets a special peace of mind from being out of doors...
Postal workers, on the other hand, argue that the proffered increase lags behind the rate of inflation, which is expected to be about 8% this year. Moreover, they contend that then-productivity has risen 7.2% this year. What this argument ignores is that postal workers already average close to $16,000 a year, which is 50% more than the mean for all U.S. nonfarm workers...
Reported Diederich: "Piles of lettuce and carrots lay rotting alongside empty stalls of the central market on Morazan Park. Just a few people ventured along the streets, holding white flags. Others stood in their doorways, moving back into their adobe-walled homes and shops when a rifle cracked close by. 'That's the National Guard,' said a bare-chested man hearing a shot. 'They have the big-sounding guns...