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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...however, contrast Pope Paul's style with that of his predecessor, Pope John XXIII. John "had a very deep, religious, rather than Church-political, view of the Church," he said. He added that he would be "much more comfortable" if the next Pope shares John's "more religious" approach, rather than Paul's "less obviously spiritually-based" style of leadership...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Harvard Experts Hail Deceased Pontiff As a Sensitive but Cautions Reformer | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

Angel Street managers to be a nice trip, taking you back to the good old days when Bedlam was probably the most interesting place in the English-speaking world. And in contrast to today's apocalypse of drugs and free sex and other anti-Victorian diversions, a glimpse of Angel Street will teach you to appreciate your sanity

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Victorian Fun and Games | 8/1/1978 | See Source »

...would not be a splashy affair, promised the host of the 15th annual summit of the Organization of African Unity. In contrast to the gaudy 14th meeting in Libreville last year, on which the government of Gabon spent nearly $1 billion for halls, hotels and new highways to nowhere, this year's session in Khartoum would be summitry on a $12 million shoestring. A few old streets had been resurfaced, and sessions would be held in Friendship Hall, a rather proletarian-looking convention center built two years ago by the Chinese. Despite the relative austerity. Sudanese President Gaafar Numeiri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Strong Words from a Statesman | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

...future political upheavals is a revolution that is as "corrupt" as possible. Such skewed values are, indeed, already rife in some quarters. During the 1960s, Mao's Cultural Revolution in China was admired by many leftist intellectuals in the West, because it was supposedly "pure"-particularly by contrast with the bureaucratic stodginess of the Soviet Union. Yet that revolution, as the Chinese are now beginning to admit, grimly impoverished the country's science, art, education and literature for a decade. Even the Chinese advocates of "purity" during that time, Chiang Ch'ing and her cronies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Cambodia: An Experiment in Genocide | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

...named to the presidency, real power is likely to remain with the four-member executive office itself. Its head is Henry Ford II, but since last April, day-to-day control has belonged to Vice Chairman Philip Caldwell, 57, a cultivated executive whose calm manner is in marked contrast to the fire-breathing dynamism of Iacocca. In short, at this stage in the history of Ford Motor Co., Caldwell is clearly Henry Ford's No. 2 man, and the new president will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economy & Business: After Iacocca | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

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