Word: preferment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...government ministries are Chou's responsibility; the ministries would probably prefer to concentrate on the country's rice and steel quotas. But Mao and Lin's watchers, following events like soap opera devotees, wonder if Chou will be able to prevail up on Mao and Lin to soften the impact of the Cultural Revolution on the provincial chiefs and his own bureaucrats...
Scofield thrives on this kind of variety. "I am a classical actor by background," he explains, "but I prefer working in plays by contemporary playwrights. My initial falling in love with a play is an emotional reaction. If I'm then going to make out of the play a performance which has any stature or substance, then I will have to apply to it whatever intellect I possess...
...private practice. One of his first patients was the teen-age granddaughter of wealthy Shipbuilder Robert I. Ingalls. Dr. Callahan straightened the girl's crossed eyes, and on a hunch sent no bill. When Ingalls insisted on a settlement, Dr. Callahan told him that he would prefer some help toward starting a nonprofit hospital for eye patients. "How much?" asked Ingalls suspiciously. "Mr. Ingalls," said the doctor with studied boldness, "you're not noted for being a generous giver...
Polo Balls. To begin with, even the foremost violinists are out of tune. Jascha Heifetz, Leonid Kogan and Isaac Stern like the dark, virile tone of the Guarneri; Zino Francescatti, Yehudi Menuhin and David Oistrakh prefer the lighter, silvery tone of the Stradivari. The Guarneri has the breadth and projection of a contralto, says one camp. Ah, yes, but the Strad has the clarity and finesse of a soprano, counters the other. That Stradivari enjoys a more illustrious reputation, says Heifetz, is because "he had a better pressagent." Actually, claims Jascha, "the Guarneri is a joyous woman, richly experienced...
Steady Erosion. Not many priests leave the church as dramatically as did Father Davis, but Catholicism unquestionably is suffering a small but steady erosion of its clerical ranks. A major cause of defection - and of restlessness among priests who prefer to stay within the church - is the question of celibacy. Even though Pope Paul has made it clear that he will maintain the rule of wifeless priests, a surprisingly large number of clerics think that some modification is in order. This month Kansas City's enterprising National Catholic Reporter published a survey of 3,000 U.S. diocesan priests, conducted...