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...Anglican bishop who became a celebrated target of homosexual "outing" today was named Archbishop of York, the Church of England's second-highest post. The Right Rev. David Hope, the bishop of London, last month disclosed he had come under pressure from Outrage!, a group that encourages homosexuals to publicly declare their sexual orientation. He insisted he has lived a celibate life, as Christian teaching requires of the unmarried, and declined to label himself as either heterosexual or homosexual. Ironically,TIME religion writer Richard Ostlingreports, the promotion is no gay lib step, but a sop to traditionalists: Hope...
DIED. MARCEL RAVIDAT, 72, Sunday spelunker and mechanic; of a heart attack; in Montignac, France. During an outing in 1940, Ravidat eased down a hole in the ground and made a discovery that transformed humanity's memory of itself-the Lascaux caves, with their remarkably preserved 18,000-year-old images of brilliantly colored creatures at full gallop. In later years, Ravidat served as a Lascaux guide...
...speech in California, BARBARA BUSH said her husband was retired in name only. "One thing I can say about George Bush," she commented, "he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring." She also had some choice words about Bush's recent televised golf outing, during which he hit two spectators: "As if we don't have enough violence on television...
VR.5 drew good ratings in its initial outing, though they have fallen off since. But Fox remains mystically undeterred. In fact the network is developing two more science-fiction shows. One, to be produced by Francis Ford Coppola, will take place in a primitive future on a planet of outcasts. Can Black Hole, 90210 be far behind...
...stand today, the sister of Nicole Brown Simpson depictedO.J Simpsonas a dominating andabusive manwho publicly humiliated his wife. Breaking into tears several times, Denise Brown said that at one outing with friends at a Santa Ana restaurant in the late 1980s, O.J "grabbed Nicole's crotch and said this is where babies come from and this belongs to me." She said that her sister didn't react as if this was out of the ordinary. Nicole "just kind of wrote it off and shrugged her shoulders." Before the court was adjourned till Monday, Brown said that at another time when...