Word: jansenism
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Almost every city in Europe has its white elephant of a cathedral-decaying stone edifices with more maintenance problems than worshipers in the pews. In the Dutch city of Rotterdam, Roman Catholic Bishop Martinus Jansen has come up with a direct, if drastic, solution for his cathedral problem: he has sold it to the wreckers...
...move. For one thing, his 76-year-old cathedral in the heart of Rotterdam was badly in need of repairs. It had a regular congregation of only 300-and the church seated 1,100. On top of that, the bishop insisted, it was "a very ugly building." Last summer, Jansen auctioned off the cathedral for $1,400,000 to a real estate developer, who plans to put up a 14-story office building in its place. Demolition began in January, and the twin-spired edifice has now been half-destroyed by the wrecker's ball...
...WILLIAM JANSEN MARIA JERITZA LYNDON B. JOHNSON RAFER JOHNSON JENNIFER JONES
...Anton Drager (Rock Hudson) worships his own ego, and he has a cool contempt for anyone who does not do the same. He intends to pick the brains of a rumpled Rabelaisian master of tropical medicine named Brits Jansen (Burl Ives), and trade the findings for fame and fortune back home...
...either so slickly modern that one becomes Mrs. Plastic or so ornate that one is Madame Ormolulu. I prefer to have something that will last." To restyle part of their eleven-room triplex co-op on the East River at 5 2nd Street, the Heinzes brought in Jansen Inc., international decorators. Drue Heinz used mostly classic French furniture but aimed at a Venetian effect. The high ceiling had been strung with beams. They were ripped out. and the walls were "papered" in green velvet to show off the Heinzes' big collection of modern French paintings. "By doing the room...