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Vatican observers think that Pope John Paul II may soon attempt a crackdown on U.S. marriage annulments, which a Roman Catholic must obtain to remarry and remain a church member in good standing. Annulments are now so widespread that they are sometimes called "Catholic divorce." In 1968 only 338 were granted in the U.S. In 1978 there were 27,670. The increase came because U.S. annulment procedure has been streamlined, and the grounds-once limited to such strict factors as force, fraud, bigamy or impotence-have been quietly loosened. Many diocesan court judges now accept evidence of serious psychological "immaturity...
...arrival in the 1940's of nuclear weapons left the Russian military confused. Stalin wanted them, but he hardly appreciated the revolution in warfare which they had brought about. His successors wavered for a while, torn between the desire to obtain their own stockpile of atomic and thermonuclear bombs, and the fear instilled in them by the American theory that nuclear war is suicidal. Finally, the matter was turned over to high-level committees composed of political figures, military personnel, and scientists. These specialists addressed themsleves to the fundamental question: is there or is there not political-military utility...
Under the law, developers must obtain a permit before taking a rental housing unit off the market for renovation, demolition, or conversion to some other...
...moved away from the routine investigations of bank robbery and car theft that were popular under J. Edgar Hoover, it has plunged into the far more complex world of organized and white-collar crime and corrupt politicians. Evidence is much harder to obtain, cases that will stand up in court are much harder to build. So the agency has increasingly resorted to stings to produce the strongest possible proof of a crime. But police infiltration of the criminal world has always been a touchy area. Undercover agents often necessarily become parties to the commission of crime; so do paid informants...
Under the city's complicated removal ordinance, developers must obtain permits before renovating or demolishing property. "Without the students, there might be real problems in implementing the ordinances, especially if a building is vacant and there is no one to hire a lawyer," Sullivan said...