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...editorialized that the book constitutes "a failure of ecclesiastical statesmanship" that will confuse faithful Christians. The semiofficial Church Times dismissed the anthology as "a notably unconvincing contribution to the cause of unbelief." The Archbishop of Canterbury was heard to remark at a picnic that the book "has made more hubbub than it is worth"; in that spirit, he successfully prevented debate over it at last month's meeting of the church General Synod...
...midst of the disapproving din, Margaret flew to New York City, and promptly disappeared from public view. Headed the same way, on a different flight, were Stones Lead Singer Mick Jagger and Guitarist Ron Wood. Newspapers raised their collective eyebrows at the coincidence. After two days of hubbub, Margaret calmly appeared in public in the company of Princess Yasmin Khan, at whose apartment she was staying. The two women arrived at the ballet to watch Mikhail Baryshnikov dance. All the frenzy, said Margaret, was nonsense. Said she: "Look, I'm a married lady. I love my husband...
...Amid a hubbub of carpenters, plasterers and electricians in the old FBI Annex below Capitol Hill, the newest congressional empire is a building. Before long it will have 30 attorneys, 50 investigators, 40 to 50 researchers, security men, assorted administrators and 30 or so secretaries. It will probably have a budget of more than $6.5 million a year. It will also have a life expectancy of at least two years and at most ... well, no prudent actuary would dare to predict how long it may last...
Throughout the past weeks, the media has been preparing for their yearly climax amidst the hubbub surrounding football's biggest game. At times it seems all this concern for production is overshadowing the true purpose of the day: football...
...BROUHAHA and hubbub once raised against corporate control of American life has pretty well died down since radicalism went out of style. But the movement against the corporate ethic of mass production, mass advertising, mass consumption, and mass waste goes on in more constructive ways...