Word: crackdowns
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Vatican observers think that Pope John Paul II may soon attempt a crackdown on U.S. marriage annulments, which a Roman Catholic must obtain to remarry and remain a church member in good standing. Annulments are now so widespread that they are sometimes called "Catholic divorce." In 1968 only 338 were granted in the U.S. In 1978 there were 27,670. The increase came because U.S. annulment procedure has been streamlined, and the grounds-once limited to such strict factors as force, fraud, bigamy or impotence-have been quietly loosened. Many diocesan court judges now accept evidence of serious psychological "immaturity...
...city's Rent Control Board granted the first four permits requested by developers, but the crackdown of the last two weeks means the board "has reached more of a consensus of interpretation," board member Victoria Judson said yesterday. "The board is taking seriously the intent of the legislation," Judson added...
...long, organized crime figures and their political henchmen have operated as if the criminal justice system were meant to serve them and not the public. Stings are understandably a vital part of the crackdown. But that is all the more reason for the FBI to proceed with utmost caution and with deepest regard for due process. Only by so doing will its cases hold up in court-and in the court of public opinion...
...sufficiently frightened by the example of Afghanistan, and impressed by the new look of the Carter Administration, to become more amenable to U.S. efforts to protect them and help them put their houses in order. Perhaps the Saudis will be more receptive to American pressure for a crackdown on corruption, one of several slow-burning fuses in Riyadh. Perhaps Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq will allow the U.S. to push him more quickly toward restoring a broad-based democratic government...
Sakharov's banishment may be the signal for an intensification of a domestic crackdown that has paralleled the hardening of Soviet foreign policy. According to a report by Amnesty International, the London-based human rights organization, more than 40 Soviet dissidents have been arrested or tried in the past three months. These have included religious leaders, Jewish "refuseniks" and activists for the rights of such national groups as the Ukrainians and the Lithuanians. Two weeks ago, Father Dmitri Dudko, 57, was arrested and imprisoned in Moscow's Lubyanka Prison. As revered a figure among Russian Orthodox Christians...