Word: frawley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...human actors are mildly envious. "Those puppets get acting moments that most actors never have," observes Austin Pendleton who plays the movie's softhearted villain. Director James (Kid Blue) Frawley has already suspended disbelief. Says he: "My work with Kermit the Frog is as specific as it would be with Bobby Redford...
...defection would undoubtedly come as a shock to his loyally pious fans, many of whom presumably associate priestly dropouts with apostasy. Unlike many liberals, however, Lyons is following the proper rules for leaving. In his heyday, Lyons was a formidable figure in conservative Catholicism. With Schick Razor King Patrick Frawley, Lyons started Twin Circle in 1967, served as its editor and got Frawley to take over the Register in 1970. He also raised money from conservatives to buy the 77-year-old priests' monthly, Homiletic and Pastoral Review...
...Crimson caps its argument by stating its apparent belief that the Communists' goal is "cooperative rural communities where civil liberties are preserved." Such self-evident stupidity needs no comment. Peter Frawley...
...Francis will have plenty of time: he has been fired as the Register's editor and publisher, he says, by Owner Frawley. Richard Betts, Frawley's assistant, insists Francis was not fired. Betts says that Frawley decided to move the Register from Huntington, Ind., to Los Angeles, the home of Frawley's fluffy, quasi-Catholic weekly Twin Circle, to combine operations and save money. More basically, Frawley probably wanted closer editorial control in order to publicize his own ideas. Francis concedes that he did not want to go to L.A. but says that he was not invited...
Whether the move will save money is doubtful. In any event, the Register was in the black. What does seem clear is that Francis' departure is a loss. The first post-Francis issue, out last week, already missed his informed touch. Though Frawley is now listed as editor and publisher, there may be no full-time editor, says Betts. After all, he adds, "how much Catholic news is there...