Word: loyalities
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...name of God.' Well, not exactly. It happens that Ireland was the first victim of British imperialism, and, as it turns out, among the last. The English finally subdued the Celts at the Battle of the Boyne close to 400 years ago; quickly they peopled the nation with subjects loyal to the crown. And the Irish have been fighting since. They've had their victories, of course. The biggest came in 1920 when they won the 26 counties of the south of Ireland. But the loyalist Protestant-dominated North (they still call themselves "Orangemen" in tribute to William of Orange...
Predicted Pollster Jerome Jaffre: "Most Chirac supporters will remain loyal to the center-right, but as many as one out of four may not." If Jaffre is right, more than a million neo-Gaullists voting against Giscard or abstaining in the second round could rob the President of reelection...
...China without papal approval, and are bishops of the government-approved Chinese Catholic Church, known as the Catholic Patriotic Association. There is one notable exception to this schismatic situation: Bishop Dominic Tang, 73, a Jesuit trained in Portugal and Spain. Even though Tang was appointed by the Vatican, remains loyal to the Pope and has so far refused to join the Patriotic Association, the government let him out of prison last year. It has also chosen to regard Tang as a bishop, mainly because so many Catholics in his diocese demanded...
Neither the Pope nor China's rulers know quite what to do about the many Chinese Catholics who, like Bishop Tang, suffered intense persecution for decades because they remained loyal to the papacy and spurned the patriotic bishops. It is possible that most Chinese Catholics will continue to refuse to recognize the government-imposed religious hierarchy. Says one such Vatican loyalist in Shanghai: "Many of us grew up together and shared the sufferings of being Catholic. There isn't a single one who will go to a patriotic church...
...early years," says Carl Hartnack, board chairman of the Security Pacific National Bank. "Some think they can go to Xerox and become president overnight, but without training this is ridiculous." Adds Thomas B. Hubbard, founder and chairman of THinc., a New York consulting firm: "They tend to be more loyal to their personal careers than to any company. So although they have made some companies better, they have also made them more vulnerable...