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Last month the smoldering fuss flared further. The tinder: Lourdes' new Information Center, founded with the blessings of France's Cardinal Tisserant. Bishop Théas discovered not only that one of the center's staff priests belonged to Opus Cenaculi, but that it was planning to start its own publishing house instead of devoting all revenue to the basilica...
With less fuss, Oxford went about its own plans for a $7,000,000 science college. The new institution will take the name of the present, nonresidential St. Catherine's Society, house some 400 scholars. Proposed opening date for St. Catherine's College: October...
Complaint. Though embarrassed because a fuss was being made, and because they were being addressed by a total stranger, a few murmured shy agreement. A reckless one or two applauded these strong words, never before uttered aloud on the Underground. Passengers who had docilely left the train discovered what was going on and re-entered like lions. The helpless guard fetched the station master, and the intimidated station master fetched a policeman, who blandly said he could do nothing unless the passengers were disorderly, and clearly they were not. For half an hour the embattled mutineers ignored threats and blandishments...
...time has come to insist on getting what you have paid for. In every place where the service is bad or inconsiderate, go and start a row. A big one. You'd be surprised how it pays off." Crowed the Sunday Dispatch: "The moral is-kick up a fuss wherever there is sloppiness or inefficiency. As big a fuss as you can manage." Fearing for life and limb, skittish London Transport workers appealed for help to their union, which last week demanded compensation for any railwayman who might be assaulted by indignant passengers...
Down Went the Facade. To make matters worse, there was still the tricky question of just who was to be buried in the Valley of the Fallen. Franco had decreed that the dead or both sides should lie there. But his own Falange followers kicked up such a fuss that the matter had to be dropped (TIME, Sept. 22). With the public not at all in the mood for a dedication of the Valley, Franco began stalling for time...