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...secret that John Paul II is a man of strong -- and staunchly conservative -- convictions. Nor is it surprising that he has sought to fill the Roman Catholic hierarchy with clerics who insist on strict obedience to church teachings. In recent months, however, many of the faithful have been alarmed by the Pope's determination to override the sentiments of local clergy in order to get his way. Angry liberals in Vienna and Chur, Switzerland, have even resorted to blocking cathedral entrances to protest the consecration of new, archconservative bishops...
...Americans," says one Israeli expert. "But he has no expertise in this type of action. His specialty is assassinations." While a caller to the U.S. embassy in Helsinki had warned that terrorists allied with Abu Nidal planned to sabotage a Frankfurt-to-New York Pan Am flight, Finnish authorities insist that the tipster was a habitual alarmist whose call was a mere coincidence. Said FBI director William Sessions last week: "The bureau believes that it was a hoax and not connected to Flight...
Though some of the questions dealt with difficult concepts or called for subjective judgments, the results showed that many high schools are failing to get even the basics across. Only 16 states insist that all students take an economics course to graduate...
...based on concerns that animal growth hormones might be hazardous to humans. Reagan Administration officials insist that there is no scientific support for the claim. But under pressure from consumer groups, Italy, West Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium have banned the additives, which prompted the E.C.'s import restriction. While the U.S. has stood firm on the issue, other meat exporters (New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina and Australia) have agreed to ship only hormone-free beef to Europe...
...painful as the task may be, economists insist that the deficit must be cut. Says Norman Robertson, chief economist of Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh: "The most important factor in determining whether we have a recession in the next two years is going to be whether we adopt a credible deficit- reduction program...