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The Pope's opposition to "optional" celibacy demonstrates his commitment to the preservation of the visible church. Now stripped of many of its traditional supports, the church is not likely to withstand much more liberalization. For good or bad, its only hope for survival is unflinching authoritarianism. A religious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 14, 1979 | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

Political wrangling reached its peak at Harvard in 1969. The noisiest and best-publicized conflicts took place among Harvard students, in the form of infighting between the different factions of SDS, or among moderate and radical students. But the events of that spring proved the Faculty to be every bit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Faculty Divided | 4/26/1979 | See Source »

A nationally-known figure in the libraries and the art of library science, Bryant has transformed this philosophy into actions. He has sat on myriads of library, book and academic commissions. For ten years, for example, Bryant chaired the National Committee on the Preservation of Books. "Practically any book printed...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Bryant Steps Down: The Man Behind the Stacks | 4/19/1979 | See Source »

Ian Campbell, 41, who is both the twelfth Duke of Argyll and Chief of the Clan Campbell, says he is surprised how "darned fast" the news of the sale got around and claims a dozen offers "from all over the world." Campbell is selling the island because he owes the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Island for Sale | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

The preservation of the institution is of paramount importance. The institution's survival in fact "transcends the private interests of individual students and faculty members." One can recognize the protofascist shortcut developing here. Instead of the democratic process of individuals influencing groups and the institution, we have the institution influencing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Bok's Ethics | 3/16/1979 | See Source »

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