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...Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 decision upholding inclusion of a crèche in a municipally financed Pawtucket, R.I., Christmas display, gave new heart to those who hope, and new worries to those who fear, that the court may now be less insistent on maintaining a "wall of separation between church and state."* Chief Justice Warren Burger, writing for the majority, called the wall "a useful figure of speech" but "not a wholly accurate description of the practical aspects of the relationship that in fact exists between church and state...
...explained, a crêpe machine, capable of making eight crêpes a minute. It will make you an Oriental crêpe, a Mediterranean crêpe, a crêpe Reuben, 30 different kinds of crêpes in all. She wants to become the McDonald's of the crêpe industry-"People get tired of hamburgers"-but she cannot find the money...
...sparkling wine used for the toasts (Schramsberg Crémant Demi-sec 1981) lacked luster. But the California red (Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon 1978) was a western rainbow, smooth and joyous. The beef farci en croũte was a might overdone, but the candy sculpture of birds and flowers (all edible) that decorated the dessert servings was exquisite...
...seven days and six evenings a week. Twenty-five shops display items such as lingerie, confections and wooden toys. The Pavilion provides gastronomic relief from the bland fare at the Department of Commerce cafeteria down the avenue. There are five restaurants and 16 fast-food counters, which offer curries, crêpes and tacos...
Hans Mast, a University of Zurich lecturer and executive vice president of Crédit Suisse, feared that persistently high interest rates could even abort the incipient European recovery. Warned Mast, who attributed the high rates, at least in part, to lingering worries about a resurgence of inflation in the U.S. and to the Federal Reserve Board's tight-money policy: "The prospects as seen from Switzerland are very chilling indeed. The three major short-term economic problems of our time have not been resolved." The first, in Mast's view, is unemployment, which "could rise to socially...