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...Pope from Poland will favor the "Polish solution," which uses subtle maneuvering more than confrontation with repressive regimes. Remarks one liberal at the Vatican: "The difference is that in Eastern Europe the regimes are atheistic, while in Latin America they are supposedly Catholic. That gives the Holy See a graver responsibility." The mere presence of the new Pontiff at a conference that could well cause him problems is a sure sign that John Paul II acknowledges that responsibility...
...court-appointed attorney, and conducted his own defense. Paying heavily for his defiance, he was sentenced to the maximum under the law: ten years of hard labor in a concentration camp and five years of Siberian exile. Shcharansky had received 13 years, without a term of exile, on the graver charge of treason...
There is a graver criticism of Evangelicals: in concentrating on personal salvation, the convert tends to grow safe in his inner consolation, lapsing into passive acceptance of the evils of the outside world. Critics like Coffin tend to see the resurgence of Evangelicalism as one more sign of a self-preoccupied and self-serving national swing toward conservatism in general. The argument is that the outward-looking reformist '60s have regressed into the selfish '70s. The charge has some merit. But there is also much to the Evangelical theory that a man must dramatically change his life and values before...
...even graver danger here has emerged than that of journalists simply confusing their duties when confronting intimidating speakers. Many journalists have begun to reassess their roles. This new role permits the deliberate cooperation of journalists with elites to suppress information which they believe is too controversial for the average reader to react sensibly to. The emphasis shifts from reporting the news to sifting the news. These journalists see themselves in a position to responsibly cooperate with powerful officials to makes sure the masses never learn too much about policies the public might object to, but which are, nevertheless, for their...
...falling productivity, high inflation (15.1% in 1976), a dismally low growth rate (1.5% predicted for 1977), and a currency that is only a shadow of its former self. Still, Labor Prime Minister James Callaghan and his predecessor Harold Wilson have managed to pull the country out of even graver conditions, and the increasing flow of North Sea oil may yet rescue Britain from its present economic poorhouse...