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...totally voluntary system with higher pay as the incentive to serve. A World War II-style lottery was the most popular proposal, with Massachusetts' Democratic Senator Teddy Kennedy its foremost advocate. A more intriguing solution was offered by New York's Democratic Congressman Otis Pike: eligible men should be allowed the choice of being drafted for three years or enlisting for two, the reverse of present practice...
...epicure in the country today has his favorite Delikatessen, whose virtues he will describe in endless, lip-smacking detail. Dallmayr's, a dim, medieval-style emporium with vaulted arches, displays its caviar and Japanese shrimp on cracked ice (artfully hiding its modern refrigeration equipment), while live carp, perch, pike and rainbow trout swim in ornate marble fountains. Hamburg's 150-year-old L.W.C. Michelsen's offers a scientific index to its 1,000-odd spices, exhibits Australian apricots, French bread baked the same day in Paris-and, of all things, Heinz cream-of-mushroom soup. Rollenhagen...
...make a decision-I'm not twins," Pike explained. "I have been aware of an overextension of two roles: that of administrator and leader as bishop, and that of teacher-scholar." Last fall, tired by his double duties, Pike, who is now 53, took a six-month sabbatical, spent most of it studying at Cambridge University. There, he said, "I experienced the sheer joy of staying with something for more than a disconnected hour...
...After Pike's return to San Francisco, Hutchins, a longtime friend, suggested that he join the Center. Pike then submitted his resignation to the standing committee of the diocese, which accepted it "with deep regret," and to Presiding Bishop John Hines. If the House of Bishops agrees, Pike will keep his standing on three committees of the church. The Center will pick up Pike's salary of about $17,000 a year...
Another factor in Pike's decision may well have been the suicide of his eldest son last February, giving him a burden of sorrow to bear on top of his heavy duties. Under the circumstances, it is almost certain that the House of Bishops will let Pike go. Some prelates, in fact, will be delighted to see him leave the active hierarchy, since he has persistently outraged colleagues with his unconventional theological views. Pike has expressly denied the Incarnation, the Trinity, the Virgin birth and the physical resurrection of Christ...