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...trend that aids such an ambition is the acute shortage of priests. Already thousands of women fill in by doing chaplains' work, counseling, Bible readings, indeed, all the tasks of a priest except consecrating the Eucharist, hearing confession, confirming members and administering last rites. Some feminists complain that such assistants are underpaid and exploited, but the more important criticism is that they are still forbidden to conduct the central rituals of the faith...
...does no one complain? Why this acceptance? Why is enduring taken as a proof of strength? Was civilization not meant to serve? Have none of these people ever taken the trains in London, Paris--even Chicago? Don't they know it does not have to be this way? The newcomer, on a rising note of hysteria, begins to speak of the indignity and passivity that haunt the 20th century. More in sorrow than in anger, the real, regular commuters shake their heads and insist: "You don't understand...
Last month the authorities moved Svetlana out of Moscow, in an apparent effort to insulate her from contact with diplomats and other foreigners to whom she might complain. Mother and daughter were dispatched 1,000 miles south to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, not far from Stalin's birthplace. Svetlana was given a modest apartment but no car, dacha or any of the other perquisites that families of the Soviet elite enjoy...
Regan's strong ego and aggressive style have been coupled at the Treasury Department with a loyalty to the President that borders on being sycophantic. Critics complain that Regan is a mere cheerleader, with no strong policy beliefs of his own. At the same time, he has shown an outsize concern with turf and prerogatives. Predicts one of his former colleagues: "He'll try to do it all himself. He can't stand sharing the limelight." That could mean that Regan will tend to keep other advisers away from the President. At worst, eager-to-please Regan could wind...
Asian countries, along with the U.S. and Western Europe, complain bitterly that Japan does not buy enough of their products. The Japanese piled up trade surpluses last year of about $1.7 billion with Thailand and $6 billion with Singapore. Student protesters in Thailand have circulated letters to their countrymen with a blunt warning: "Do not be a slave to Japanese goods." In his August speech, Malaysia's Mahathir noted that 84% of his nation's exports to Japan consisted of oil, wood, tin and other raw materials. Said he: "We cannot and will not remain merely hewers of wood...