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...cliches are worn but enduring: Italian Catholics seldom go to church but worship the Pope. German Catholics are fond enough of church, but mostly in terms of the family and the home: the good German hausfrau is supposed to dedicate herself with equal concern to Kinder, Kuche and Kirche-children, kitchen and church. Now two new polls-a major study of Catholics in Rome and a massive poll of West German Catholics-challenge the validity of the old clichés. Germans show a deeper spiritual sensitivity and more concern for their fellow man than they are generally given credit...
Military men are fond of observing that their institutions only mirror those of the society at large. That is another way of saying that nations tend to get the armies and navies that they want or deserve. Zumwalt's bet is that in the armed forces or out, freedom and responsibility are not incompatible?that men treated less like children in the service of their country will, if called upon, prove the equal of their predecessors as fighting...
...Gentele should be able to match Rudi Bing and endure for quite a while himself. He is a man of slender elegance with a graceful manner and clear, purposeful blue eyes. His wife Marit, a trim, Nordic-blonde who could have stepped out of a Bergman movie, is fond of pointing out that Goran has a master's degree in political science. He may need it. A hail fellow does not necessarily guarantee a well...
...Chamber Players are not complete sacrifices, of course. Playing in a chamber group is a beneficial, almost vital, experience for any first-rate instrumentalist. But the Sanders Theatre Series is a great benefit to the Harvard community, one that deserves fond thanks...
...stating that Twain is too little known and understood as a critic of U.S. society, and that the harshly satirical writing of his later years, despite recent notice, is still widely unread. Mainly in the past decade, critics have been pointing out the same thing. But for most fond readers, Twain remains a humorist and pastoral novelist...