Word: eves
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Saviour. Three years of civil war have fragmented the church there into three camps. Some priests support the U.S.-backed regime, others back the leftist insurgents, while the majority are caught somewhere in between. Hoping to bring unity into the Salvadoran church hierarchy, John Paul announced on the eve of his trip that he had appointed acting Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas, 59, as the successor to the martyred Archbishop of San Salvador, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, who had been ruthlessly shot down, presumably by fanatic rightists, while saying a Mass in 1980. Since Rivera y Damas has consistently called...
Sandinista officials dismissed the complaints, pointing out that the plans to "mobilize" the country's Christians had been worked out in joint committees that included local bishops and Sandinista leaders. There were other signs on the eve of the Pope's arrival that the government felt it could only benefit from a successful visit. State-controlled television provided full and uncensored coverage of John Paul's stay in Costa Rica. Workers were given an extended weekend to give them time to see the Pope. Even the Sandinista workers' headquarters in downtown Managua was draped with a red-and-black banner...
...eve of the first of the committee's twice-yearly meetings, last night's reception and dinner at the K-School Forum drew over 40 K-School officials and committee members--a group which includes such noted figures as Walter Cronkhite and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass...
...Within the seminaries, clergymen of different schools did criticize Khomeini's views, but we had to postpone this battle until after the collapse of the Shah. On the eve of the post-Shah era, the Mujahedin wasted no time demanding a program of change that sharply contradicted Khomeini's avowed views and intentions. The monarchy was still in its death throes when the single most vital issue of the revolution surfaced: the battle between two Islams, the Islam of progress vs. the Islam of backwardness, the Islam of freedom and human dignity vs. the Islam of torture...
...eve of Queen Elizabeth's fifth visit to the U.S., relations between the British royal family and London's tabloid press were showing signs of strain, as this week's cover story, written by Contributor John Skow, attests. By contrast, the British monarchy has enjoyed a favorable press in the U.S. ever since 1860, when Prince Edward, Queen Victoria's eldest son, visited the nation that had repudiated his family's rule. Edward's great-granddaughter Elizabeth and great-great-grandson Charles seem to have inherited his ability to evoke the admiration of Americans...