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Ordinarily, the spasm of savagery simply passes and recedes in time, an ugly, vivid memory. But last week, in an extraordinary moment of grace, the violence in St. Peter's Square was transformed. In a bare, white-walled cell in Rome's Rebibbia prison, John Paul tenderly held the hand that had held the gun that was meant to kill him (see cover). For 21 minutes, the Pope sat with his would-be assassin, Mehmet Ah Agca. The two talked softly. Once or twice, Agca laughed. The Pope forgave him for the shooting...
...attempt on my life. But Providence took things in its own hands, in what I would call an extraordinary way, so that today after two years I was able to meet my assailant and repeat to him the pardon I gave him immediately ... The Lord gave us the grace to meet as men and brothers, because all the events of our lives must confirm that God is our father and all of us are His children in Jesus Christ, and thus we are all brothers...
...over the South, in a remarkable display of grace, blacks forgave the injuries of the past. Says the Rev. Donald W. Shriver, a native Virginian who is president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City: "I think the decision by descendants of black slaves in this country to become citizens and active members of this society is a remarkable case of forgiveness. By and large, blacks have had a steadier sense of belonging to the United States and of being true citizens than many of those who have oppressed them." Says Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young: "We shared the burden...
...insurance giant. After expanding too boldly into financial services, the company in September filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. California toymaker Mattel was zapped by the collapse of the video-game craze, and its stock fell sharply. Pennsylvania-based Nutri/System, which operates a chain of weight-loss centers, fell from grace when earnings slumped after it acquired an executive job placement service and a cosmetics firm. Anacomp, an Indianapolis data processor, had problems with some software products, and its stock tumbled. The drop in the share price of California...
Publisher Charles Scribner Jr. speaks for most of his colleagues: "There but for the grace of God go we." Unlike many newspaper and magazine publishers, book publishers make little effort to check on their authors' accuracy. House attorneys review potentially libelous statements, and copy readers check manuscripts for style, but authors are solely responsible for verifying facts. "My company does 700 books a year," explains Thomas J. McCormack, president of St. Martin's Press. "We would go bust examining them a11." Recalling them may prove more expensive. Random House is spending an estimated $150,000 to buy back...