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...leaders of the worldwide Protestant community so lost their perspective that they are willing to trade their integrity for the approbation of a few Soviet lackeys? How can they look at the plight of the millions of Soviet citizens who have been imprisoned or denied freedom of worship and dare to compare that nation's policies favorably with ours? We may not be perfect, but as a people we have a great respect for justice and integrity...
...time this spring, more than 10% of the nation's junior high schools were guarded by the police. A group of teenagers in Yokohama not long ago beat several street bums to death. Gangs of motorcycle riders taunt the police on Saturday nights; they blast past the stations and dare police to chase them through the maze of traffic. Juvenile delinquency, historically always low, has increased 80% since 1972. A White Paper issued by the Prime Minister's office concluded of today's youth: "They are devoid of perseverance, dependent upon others and self-centered...
...when he first returned as Pope in 1979, it was clear that something undefinable but palpable had changed. Whether that was good news or bad was another question. The first trip produced the optimism and euphoria that led to the creation of Solidarity, but it would be difficult to dare hope this time that anything but more frustration, hardship and agony lay in store for the long-suffering Polish nation...
...seven volumes, that his intended career was as a writer in search of a vocation. The other contradictions also have a strange consistency: in September of 1899 I complain to you that "I'm so horrified at the way the money slips away that I don't dare go out any more"; yet four months later, Anatole France scolds me for my extravagance in sending him "an admirable and extremely costly Rubens drawing." I claim, legitimately, to be well read, and yet at the age of 26 have not discovered Dickens or Dostoyevsky, my favorite Russian author...
While more than 125 student organizations enjoy the priviledge of official college recognition, some groups' activities are so radical that they dare not ask the University for recognition...