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...etiquette -leaving matters of policy to his Prime Minister, the great Robert Walpole. George III, by contrast, has chosen a First Minister he can dominate, the fat, indolent Lord North, and he involves himself in all kinds of matters, from the appointment of an obscure curate to a country parish to the planning of future military campaigns in the Colonies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Resolution of Farmer George | 7/4/1976 | See Source »

...word of thanks from the "parish that copes and hopes." You helped us to know ourselves better and to see ourselves as others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Jun. 14, 1976 | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

Perish the thought. If they were allowed to do so, who would tend to the affairs of the parish-bingo, Cadillac raffles, trips to Las Vegas, St. Patrick's Day dances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Jun. 14, 1976 | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

...against voting Communist. The Communists complained that some D.C. workers go so far as to mark sample ballots for householders and warn them, "If you vote Communist, it may be the last time you get a chance to vote at all." In the still largely religious south of Italy, parish priests may turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: DON ENRICO BIDS FOR POWER | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

Pope's best weapons. So far, few have delivered direct pulpit orders to their flocks to vote D.C., as many did in Pius' day. But as Franco Sasso, a parish priest in the southern town of Molfetta, indicated last week to TIME Correspondent Erik Amfitheatrof, he would quietly remind parishioners, "When you make your choice, you must be consistent with your faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: DON ENRICO BIDS FOR POWER | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

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