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...been tortuous and expensive, often leading from local hearings all the way up to the Sacred Rota, the church's supreme marriage tribunal. In recent years, Pope Paul VI has streamlined the cumbersome process, allowing more decisions on the local level and eliminating the legal delays that could drag a case out for as long as 20 years. But despite Vatican attempts to limit legal fees, costs at the Rota remained high, sometimes running into thousands of dollars and making annulments available mainly to the prosperous...
...tunnels and off 1,000-ft.-high Hurricane Mesa in Utah. As expected, the Navy's flying saucers always soared beautifully-when they were unloaded. But when they had to carry any significant extra weight they fell flat on their faces. Conclusion: the Frisbee's lift-to-drag ratio was insufficient for the vehicle to support a working flare. Back to the drawing board...
...audience, and "performance" was almost a dirty word. Now the show is everything. A few rock groups share the evening with stand-up comedians or clowns and trapeze artists to liven up their act. Some musicians wear mime makeup and practice ersatz Marcel Marceau. Others appear in full drag-flowing scarves, high-heeled wedgies, false eyelashes, mascara, lipstick and cheek-clinging glitter. With the revolt long since gone out of the music, what is left is really a new kind of vaudeville or sometimes a freak show-occasionally first-rate, frequently diverting, but too often merely repulsive. Items...
Thieu's real power will remain only until the American presidential election. Were he, for example, to charge a betrayal or drag his feet as he did in 1968, not only could he topple the negotiations but he could hurt Nixon at the polls. Thus the U.S. must continue to work for a political solution that, while including the North Vietnamese in power-sharing in the South, does not give them an edge. With Thieu in office the North Vietnamese believe they have little chance of sharing power. Even among South Vietnamese political leaders, the prevailing view is that...
Presently, neither Frisoli or Cheatham handles the day-to-day duties of Superintendent, leaving the task to Assistant Superintendent Edmund Murphy. As Frisoli continues to occupy the Superintendent's chair at the School Committee, indications are that the court case could drag on well into the school year...