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...DIED. CARDINAL JAIME SIN, 76, powerful Philippine Roman Catholic leader and political figure; in Manila. Named Archbishop of Manila in 1973, a year after former Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, Cardinal Sin became an outspoken critic of the authoritarian government. His influence over the Philippines' devoutly Catholic population helped spark the People Power protests that toppled two presidents?Marcos in 1986 and Joseph Estrada in 2001. "Politics without Christ is the greatest scourge of our nation," Cardinal Sin said at his 2003 retirement ceremony...
Although his father is an Assemblies of God minister, Ezell is an outspoken enemy of "clergy smugglers," who grant sanctuary to illegal immigrants. INS agents in Ezell's region have infiltrated congregations in Arizona whose members are being prosecuted for taking in such aliens. The Presbyterian and American Lutheran churches last week sued the INS and other Government agencies for these activities, but Ezell's convictions are firm. "You either obey laws or you don't," he says. "The Bible tells you to obey laws...
...they threaten the legally enshrined principles of racial segregation, which include separate schools and residential areas for different racial groups. All this prompted some critics to question the depth of the government's commitment to change. Warned Archbishop-elect Desmond Tutu of Cape Town, the 1984 Nobel laureate and outspoken critic of the government's policies: Blacks must "be aware of the small print. Some form of influx control may be brought in through the back door." Tutu's concerns were further aggravated later in the week when security officials detained his antiapartheid colleague Bishop Sigisbert Ndwandwe, a black, charging...
...anchor and writer for 14 years at ABC and NBC, Linda Ellerbee achieved her own kind of fame as a television personality--outspoken, irreverent and insightful. She was a real-life Murphy Brown, and the rumor was that she inspired the sitcom. This month Ellerbee, 60, comes out with a new book, Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table. She spoke with TIME's ANDREA SACHS about an array of topics, from women in TV news to her battle with cancer...
...best thing would be if people say he’s outspoken and just take it as a given,” says Freeman, adding that, “you could say some of the things he said in a way less provocative...