Word: populars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...down together and work out a blueprint for Zimbabwe," the African name for Rhodesia. Jeremiah Chirau, the head of a group of tribal leaders, declared that "an end to terrorism must be in sight." Most important of all was the reaction of Bishop Muzorewa, probably the most popular of Rhodesia's black politicians. Addressing a rally of his African National Council's youth wing in Salisbury, Muzorewa said he was willing to enter negotiations. Expressing sympathy for the idea of guarantees for whites, the bishop added that "we are sincere and honest when we say we will look...
Oxford University denied Lewis a professorship because his popular writings were deemed unseemly-as, indeed, was his outspoken Christianity. (He moved to a chair at Cambridge late in his career.) But Lewis has survived Oxford's judgment handsomely. Sales of Lewis' works in Britain and the U.S. have increased sixfold since his death, and this year readers in both countries will take home more than 2 million Lewis volumes. Says Lady Priscilla Collins, one of Lewis' publishers in Britain: "The trend...
...most popular Lewis book of the 1970s is Mere Christianity (1952), the work of straightforward evangelism that snatched White House Felon Charles Colson out of Screwtape's dominion. This highly original statement of wholly unoriginal doctrine was first f prepared as a series of talks "on the BBC. Lewis, whose |s prose comes clad in the crisp white linen of logic, starts from mankind's inherent sense of right and wrong. Think about this, Lewis says: men feel wet when they fall into water; fish do not. If men feel "wet"-alien-in a world where evil abounds...
...opera bass-baritone famous for his interpretation of Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger; after a long illness; in Amersham, England. Schoeffler sang in Vienna during and after World War II and regularly made the operatic grand tour during the 1950s. At New York's Metropolitan Opera he was popular as Scarpia in Tosca and as Don Giovanni. Despite his success, he complained that "this business of dressing up in a silly costume, putting on a wig and paint on the face and getting killed or poisoned or drunk every night" made for a less than ideal profession...
Among the most popular-and decorative-burners on the market are the Scandinavian imports-heavy, cast-iron models. However, according to Wood 'N Energy, a newsletter published by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, U.S.-made circulating heaters are the variety most in demand, both because of the amount of heat they deliver and their ease of operation with thermostatic controls. International Troubadour Bill Crofut (he sings in 27 languages) has installed three American-made log burners in his Wilton, Conn., home. With a $425 Riteway Model 37, Steven and Mary Ahlgren have used nothing...