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MARRIED. Nancy Lopez, 25, golf pro who is eighth in money earned on the women's tour this year, and Ray Knight, 29, flashy infielder for the Houston Astros; both for the second time; in Pelham...
...followers started "Maryvilles" in Japan, Brazil and Illinois. Kolbe also created Niepokalanow, which became the world's largest friary. In this self-contained community of 800, the priests and brothers served in every role from fireman to mechanic. Before World War II, the friary's monthly magazine, Knight of the Immaculate, boasted an impressive 1 million circulation. Members of the community also ran a daily newspaper and a radio station...
...hand, liberal activist delegate Jamie Raskin, the during of the campus left, could gallop in as a white knight to rescue the chairmanship. Raskin had ruled out running early in the week, but he left the door open a crack at Wednesday night's session. When nominated by a fellow delegate, he said, "I decline for now." The other scenario has the chairmanship going to a Freeman, a Sabutino or another unimaginative remnant of a decidedly anglorious past. In that case, the only thing they'll be passing In Science Center B on Sunday evenings will be fistfuls...
...social liberal and iconoclast. Lately he has been following a more conventional Republican line, consistently supporting President Reagan on economic, military and even environmental policy. On the campaign trail, however, the two-term incumbent stresses his liberal stance on social issues. Weicker portrays himself as a modern knight wielding the Constitution as a shield to ward off the dragon of the New Right. "Please don't let them politicize our Constitution," he pleads. "If I go down, you go down...
...focus on "Merger Mania" has long obscured the fact that few such pairings are even remotely friendly partnerships. More often, they are one-sided takeovers by well-heeled companies determined to expand. Even when a company is saved from unwanted takeover by the intervention of a more desirable "white knight" purchaser, results aren't necessarily cheery. Employees of Conoco now say that life under Du Pont is far from fun, citing in particular the chemical giant's nasty job shake-ups and layoffs, and its sudden imposition of inconsiderate work rules...