Word: nationals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good standing and should henceforth be forbidden to speak at any Catholic institution in the U.S. Stallings is unapologetic. "I have been caught up in the spirit of destiny," says the rebel priest. "I know I am breaking canon law. But to stir up the conscience of a nation, I'll do it. When laws control, then laws enslave...
Poignantly, these events are occurring just after a meeting of the nation's bishops that endorsed a blueprint for stepped-up evangelism among blacks. A special report to the hierarchy warned that experts are deeply concerned about attrition among black Catholics "leaving the church for Protestant denominations where they will feel more at home." As developments in the two cities indicate, the losses could just be beginning...
Legal gambling has spread into some of the most straitlaced parts of the nation. Take Iowa: six years ago, even church bingo games were illegal there. Now Iowa residents have some of the widest choices available in legal gambling. They can buy tickets in either the state lottery or Lotto America, an organization that some experts think may be the nucleus of a national lottery; it currently operates in eight states and the District of Columbia and expects to sign up two more states this summer. Iowans can also bet at one horse track and three dog tracks...
...Rose's stature. Painful as it may be for the millions who admired him as a ballplayer, he should be punished as severely as an objective hearing may determine he deserves. It would help enormously if he would admit his compulsion and seek rehabilitative help. Perhaps then the nation could forget about Rose the Gambler and go back to its once well-justified admiration of Charlie Hustle...
...more rumors. Some L.D.P. sources swore that Uno and his Cabinet would resign within a week. That sounded overly dramatic, but Uno's dithering had created severe uncertainty. The timing is especially bad: it would embarrass the party and the nation if a new Prime Minister had to be picked before the summit of major industrial nations in Paris July 14-17. On July 23 the L.D.P. faces an election for half the 252 seats of the Upper House of the Diet. Uno may soon have more than four woes to worry about...