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...church and to turn, said Berger, to a more significant question: "What does the church have to say to modern man?" The answer is easy: it is "the old story of God's dealing with man, the story that spans the Exodus and Easter morning." There are very different ways in which this message can be delivered, and what is now needed is "the stance of authority," the authority of "those who have come to terms with their own experience and who are convinced that in however imperfect a measure, they have grasped some important truths about our human...
...exploits them. "I am not affected by any past bitternesses," he says. At 54, Lynch is a realist whose election five years ago marked the end of the era of charismatic strongmen with revolutionary pasts-William Cosgrave, Eamon de Valera, Sean Lemass. Born the year after the 1916 Easter Rising, he is the Irish Republic's first Prime Minister, or Taoiseach (pronounced Tea-shock), of the post-civil-war generation...
...tripartite talks between Belfast, London and Dublin. "For God's sake forget the past," he pleaded. "Forget William III. Forget about a long-dead Dutchman and remember you're living in the reign of Elizabeth II. Forget about the struggles of 50 years ago. Forget about the Easter Rising...
Heyerdahl's account of the voyage was translated into more than 60 languages, sold more than 20 million cop ies. In 1955 he made an expedition to Easter Island, 2,350 miles west of Chile, and another bestseller, Aku-Aku, resulted. But then he bought a 13th century terra cotta chateau above the Ital ian Riviera and settled down to a comfortable life of sun-kissed scholarship. Had Thor Heyerdahl become adventurer emeritus? Not quite...
Following the design of old Egyptian murals, Heyerdahl built a papyrus-reed boat, or kaday, 50 ft. long, 15 ft. wide, and named it Ra, for the sun-god-cultural coincidence!-of Egypt, Easter Island and Polynesia. The Ra was loaded with over a ton of fresh water in authentic Egyptian jars and almost twice that weight in food. Menu samples: sheep cheese in olive oil and sello (ground almonds, honey, butter, flour and dates). Coops enclosed live chickens and a duck named Sinbad. There was also a pet monkey named Safi. With Heyerdahl sailed an oddly assorted crew...