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Antonis Schetakis, mayor of Kisamos, explains this exercise in church democracy by force: "At a time when, instead of trying to solve our social problems, the church is only worried about the blind support of old and uneducated women and how to exploit its vast property, Eirinaios is a hope and a symbol for the future." At week's end the Patriarchate and bishops of Crete worked out a plan to shuffle episcopal assignments so the see of Kisamos eventually can be opened for Eirinaios' return. But street mobs were demanding that he be restored immediately...
Perhaps these movies are also popular because they shrewdly exploit the narcissism of the past decade: the increasingly limited situations, centering on attractive people with very little on their minds; the emphasis on disfigurement as well as death (the girl preening before a mirror, making herself sexy, only to receive an axe in her face.) The Killers and monsters are as vacuously preoccupied with sex and appearances as their victims, and equally represent the "Me Decade...
...million acres on the outer continental shelf to oil exploration. This is sure to set the stage for another classic confrontation between the conflicting needs of safeguarding the environment and extracting vital natural resources. As with most environmental issues, the battle over the coast pits those who would exploit it further against those who would stop fiddling altogether with the littoral and its complex system of wetlands and estuaries. The need for growth, which brings jobs, profits and tax revenues, often argues powerfully for development...
Perhaps these movies are also popular because they shrewdly exploit the narcissism of the past decade: the increasingly limited situations, centering on attractive people with very little on their minds; the emphasis on disfigurement as well as death (the girl preening before a mirror, making herself sexy, only to receive an axe in her face.) The Killers and monsters are as vacuously preoccupied with sex and appearances as their victims, and equally represent the "Me Decade...
...with Independent John Anderson desperately clamoring for equal public attention, the squabbling has permutations that were not possible in the one-on-one situations of the past. Publicly, this bitter campaign within the campaign was pitched in terms of high principles. Privately, each camp was coldly determined to exploit what it saw as the potentially decisive weaknesses of its foes, as well as to capitalize on the strengths...