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...Italy last week got its 42nd postFascist government: a three-party minority coalition headed by Christian Democrat Francesco Cossiga, 51, a surprising but respected choice. The formation of the new Cabinet ended what had appeared to be an insoluble political crisis lasting 186 days-a new national record-and dating back to January when Premier Giulio Andreotti was toppled by the Communists' withdrawal of their parliamentary support. It also showed every sign of being a stopgap. "We will have a government of truce," quipped a deputy in a cartoon in Turin's daily Stampa Sera. "Hostilities will...
Construction is occurring simultaneously along all points of the extension, a construction method never before used by the MBTA. The date of expected completion...
...Thomas McGee, speaker of the Massachusetts house, has quietly supported a Carter move to get the state legislature to postpone the primary day, and 2) John White, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has warned the state's Democrats that the March 4 date violates a D.N.C. rule requiring all state Democratic organizations to take "positive steps" to set their primary elections between March 11 and June 11. If they do not do so, contends White, the delegates chosen by any earlier election could possibly be denied seats at the Democratic National Convention next summer in New York City...
Rather like the reasoning of liturgical reformers in Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism, the rationale of the Episcopal revisers was that the church needed an up-to-date liturgy in contemporary language that parishioners can better understand. They also wanted to make use of the latest liturgical scholarship, not only by modernizing texts but by reorganizing the parts of the service logically. The Gloria, for instance, comes much earlier than it did in the 1928 edition because that was the practice in the early church. The new prayer book also offers a choice of a fairly traditional or a modern text...
Other islands date their history to more recent times. Long Island was a huge tuberculosis hospital, its 1200 beds once full. The market for its service has decreased, but parts of the hospital complex still are in use. Deer Island is famous for another institution--The Deer Island House of Correction. It's not exactly Alcatraz, but there could be worse locations from any viewpoint. Bird Island? Well, it's not there anymore. In its place is Logan Airport...