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After the war, Touvier was twice sentenced to death in absentia by French courts. He took refuge in French monasteries and convents for 20 years, until the statute of limitations on his crimes expired in 1967. Touvier had a powerful protector in Monsignor Charles Duquaire, a French prelate with influence in both Paris and the Vatican. Duquaire waged a ten-year campaign to gain Touvier a full presidential pardon, which General Charles...
...RELIGIOUS FAITH never entirely defined accompanies Berryman's despair. It is a faith that invokes God as a protector but does not explore the Divine nature. It revolves less around God than around the poet's personal need for Him. The first section of Delusions, Etc. is composed of eight poems patterned on the Roman Catholic liturgical offices of the day, from Lauds to Compline. Other poems in the collection include a number of prayers ("Somber Prayer," "Overseas Prayer," "Usual Prayer," and "The Prayer of the Middle-Aged Man") and a thanksgiving. There is also a poem in honor...
...only goalies benefit from Higgin's work. He has made a rib protector for a Boston Braves skater, fiberglass shins for a polo player, and a lightweight removable cast for Ken Harrelson...
...help and reach "for the levers of power." At the same time, the report warns: "The most disturbing point most of those we spoke with made was that they had no faith at all in 'the System'-the Government and the private wielders of power-as a protector or a provider...
...that Tokyo had a key "go-between" role in the "disgusting duet" played by Washington and Taipei. N.C.N.A. saw dark portents in the recent visit of Chiang Kai-shek's personal secretary, Chang Chun, to Tokyo; Peking seems to fear that Japan is easing into the role of protector of Tai wan, which was under Japanese rule for a half-century before...