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...centuries. In 1966 he decreed an end to the traditional obligation of abstaining from meat on Fridays. He abolished the notorious Index of Forbidden Books, which had once included the works of John Locke, Victor Hugo and Voltaire. In theological controversy, excommunication and charges of heresy gave way to milder methods. Even Swiss Theologian Hans Küng's celebrated critique of papal infallibility was handled gently: Küng was simply warned not to teach such opinions in the future, but did not have to recant them...
...assault against it were such diverse persuaders as William Timmons, the former Capitol Hill liaison man for the Nixon and Ford Administrations, Freelancers Maurice Rosenblatt and William Bonsib, and Diane Rennert of the Association of American Publishers. In a multiple assault, they first threw their weight behind a much milder version of the bill, which was substituted for Ribicoff's stiff version. Despite telephone calls from the President, even the soft bill was then stalled indefinitely in committee, since no sponsor was willing to lead a drive to get it approved by the full Senate. Declared triumphant Lobbyist Rennert...
...need for clarification had become palpable as observers in Washington and Moscow puzzled over which voice was articulating U.S. foreign policy. Was it the tough, "chilly war" growl of Brzezinski? Or the milder, more conciliatory tone of Vance? Or the mixed signal that Carter seemed to be transmitting...
Journalists have a tendency to cry wolf whenever the courts seem to them to be trespassing on the sanctuary of press freedom; the impact of such decisions is sometimes milder than expected. The Supreme Court ruled in 1972, for instance, that journalists who observe a crime have no absolute right to protect confidential sources, but judges have generally been reluctant to send uncooperative reporters to jail. In fact, after last week's decision, Deputy Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti said that the Justice Department would draw up procedures limiting federal searches of newsrooms and would seek subpoenas before search warrants...
...operates just down the hall from Carter's office as head of the National Security Council. Yet the former Columbia professor, for all his purposefulness, respects Vance's role, and while the two certainly differ on just how tough the U.S. should be toward Russia (Vance advises the milder approach), Brzezinski has made no attempt to dominate Vance the way Kissinger humbled Secretary of State William Rogers...