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...Beacon Hill, should be popularly mentioned. Descriptions of his qualifications from some supporters boil down to the fact that he is a "good man" and one need only look to his enthusiastic participation as a member of the Boston Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 1964 to confirm...
...Church Outside Russia accordingly do not recognize the actions of other Russian Orthodox groups. Thus on the same weekend as the Kodiak ceremonies. New York's Metropolitan Philaret led a glittering procession down Geary Boulevard in San Francisco to the minareted Cathedral of the Holy Virgin, there to confirm with another solemn liturgy that Herman is really a saint...
...remembered that both agreements face many tests. The cease-fire arrangement is only the precondition for reaching a Middle East settlement; the chances for a "just and lasting peace" remain slim. By the same token, only future Soviet actions can tell whether the German-Soviet accord will merely confirm the existing division of Europe or whether, as Chancellor Brandt hopes, it will provide an opportunity to overcome that division gradually. Moreover, other crucial negotiations are still deadlocked. As David Bruce assumed his new post as chief U.S. delegate to the Paris talks, the Communists scorned his call, repeatedly made...
Next Sunday, Fidel Castro will celebrate the 14th anniversary of his attack on the Moncada barracks, the formal beginning of the Cuban revolution. At that time, he may well confirm the receipt of new Soviet military equipment. If nothing else, the recent flurry of U.S. surveillance flights should ensure that however significant the aid proves, the U.S. will not be in for any real surprises...
...three may now be permitted to hear a case. Some petitioners will no longer have to face double jeopardy. If the facts of a case are clear enough after the first decision, the church may now waive the hitherto mandatory requirement that a second trial, in another court, confirm the decision of the first. Though the concessions were moderate and applied only to the U.S. for a three-year trial period, they seemed designed to mollify a growing chorus of protest-much of it from critics within the church-against the entire annulment process...