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...result, at week's end he was cited for contempt by the five-judge ecclesiastical court. That left as the star witness his predecessor as presiding bishop, John Hines. When Stringfellow asked Hines his opinion of the ordinations, he replied: "I believe them to be valid but irregular." Hines, however, stated that a bishop can refuse to license an ordained minister to perform priestly functions...
What the Baroque is really all about can be gleaned from the original use of the French word baroque to describe irregular or misshapen pearls. Explains Kipnis: "In Baroque music of Bach, Handel and Rameau, the pearls are the musical forms-such as the sonata, the concerto grosso or the da capo aria. Trills, other ornaments, colorful dissonance, wildly uneven rhythms-all these are devices that create tremendous tension, yank the listener back and forth and leave him in anything but absolute comfort...
...Tuesday Guinier released a letter he sent to Bok in which he charges the administration with "glaring violations" of an earlier promise to give Afro some say in DuBois's development. Guiner's letter also said Bok's failure to consult him on the advisory board selection was "highly irregular on both administrative and ethical grounds...
...women were clearly out of order. In a joint letter to friends, they admitted that the ordinations were "irregular," even while contending they were "valid and right." None of the eleven had the required approval of her bishop and diocesan standing committee of clergy and laity. Moreover, the quartet of bishops who ordained them lacked authority on other grounds as well. The Rt. Rev. Robert L. De Witt, 58, the resigned Bishop of Pennsylvania; the Rt. Rev. Edward Randolph Welles II, 67, the retired Bishop of West Missouri; and the Rt. Rev. Daniel Corrigan, 73, the retired bishop...
...previously secret grand jury testimony furnished to the committee by Judge John Sirica, memos written by President Nixon and some of his high aides, Senate Watergate Committee testimony, tape recordings from the Oval Office, a presidential Dictabelt, and notes scrawled on legal-size pads in the President's irregular hand. The Judiciary Committee formed no conclusions and drew no verdicts. In a serious effort to be fair and impartial, it simply presented all the materials it had acquired...