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...Roman Catholic Church sputtered out long ago. The Index of Prohibited Books, and other means of limiting what the faithful were permitted to read, faded away during and after the Second Vatican Council. Now, however, there are small signs that the pendulum is swinging back slightly. No flames of outright censorship are visible, but a purifying heat seems to be coming out of Rome. For the first time in 17 years, two books, one of them the bestselling adult catechism in English and the other a lesser-known theological work used mainly in seminaries, have had their ecclesiastical stamp...
...told TIME last week that the CIA director once went so far as to present a plan for a possible eventual partition of Nicaragua be tween a Sandinista regime in the west and a contra-ruled state in the east. Though the congressional committees cannot veto any CIA activities outright, they can, in Moynihan's words, "push and pull" the agency away from dubious schemes (as happened with the proposal to partition Nicaragua). Should that fail, the committees can secretly write into appropriations bills provisions for denying funds...
...solid commitment to end the runoff-primary system that, in his view, blocks the election of many more black candidates to federal and state office. Neither demand, however, would be easy for the eventual Democratic nominee to meet. "Peace" in Jackson's terms includes his demand for an outright cut of at least 20% in military spending, which seems unrealistic to the point of political suicide. And runoff primaries are fiercely defended by many Southern whites whose votes would also be crucial in a campaign against Reagan...
...Jackson it is central to his fundamental purpose: increasing black political power. Under the runoff system, which operates in ten Southern states and in some cities, two primaries are often necessary to decide a party nomination: if several candidates compete in the first and no one wins an outright majority, the two leaders must face each other in a second, runoff primary. In Jackson's view, this system prevents black candidates from winning office except in areas where blacks are a majority of voters. Says he: "Second primaries are the civil rights issue of this campaign...
...Marcos has managed to ride out the turbulence of the past few months with singular and characteristic adroitness. In the wake of Aquino's slaying, more than a million citizens took to the streets of Manila, marching on the President's Malacañang Palace and calling outright for his resignation. But Marcos shrewdly countered their attacks with a string of concessions that were accommodating enough to mute some criticism yet narrow enough to prevent real change...