Word: exception
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ROME has spoken," runs an ancient proverb of the Roman Catholic Church. "The case is closed." No longer true. Last week Pope Paul VI formally promulgated his encyclical on birth control, which condemns all methods of contraception, except rhythm, as against the will of God. The pronouncement caused perhaps the most serious outburst of dissent the Catholic Church has experienced in centuries. Innumerable Catholics made clear that they would refuse to heed the words of a reigning Pontiff. Theologians defied his authority to insist that the encyclical was not binding on married Catholics who have good reasons to practice birth...
...Pope Paul's ban on birth control and ask all mature Catholics to do the same. We will not 'leave the church.' We will not be thrown out. We are Catholics because of our faith and our hope and our love, together in community. And nothing except our own conscious decision can change that...
Divorced. Jane Russell, 47, bosomy star of the 1940s and '50s; and Bob Waterfield, 48, quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams from 1945 to 1952; on grounds of mental cruelty (Jane said he was "cold to everyone except my mother, and she was only around during Thanksgiving and Christmas"); after 25 years of marriage, three adopted children; in Los Angeles...
...hands), and put on 120 lbs., to 850. She is still puny compared with other thoroughbreds, who average about 1,100 lbs. Her small stature and undistinguished ancestry prompt some horsemen to label her a freak. "I can't find anything right about her except her record," says Trainer Buddy Raines. "It seems impossible that she has so much quality on the racetrack. If I had my pick of all the horses now running at Delaware Park, without knowing their records, she'd be the last...
These are people who have achieved everything except their hearts' desires. They are caught in the joyless round of choosing the top hotel to stay at, the finest restaurant to dine in, the most delectable partner to sleep with. Boredom infects their days and nights, and drink is their anodyne...