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Halfway House. Elsewhere in Catholicism, the subject of clerical celibacy is still mostly a matter of prudent debate. Dutch theologians assume that it is only a matter of time before priests will be allowed to marry if they wish to. Last fall, 1,700 of the nation's 5,000 diocesan priests signed a petition urging the Dutch hierarchy to consider ending compulsory celibacy. The question is likely to be debated next summer at a nationwide synod, where clergy and laymen will join bishops in deciding the future of the Dutch church. The bishops, moreover, are notably sympathetic...
Crane charged that miscalculation by DeGuglielmo raised the City's tax rate nearly $5 when a prudent policy could have stabilized the rate or kept down any increase. Last spring, the City raised its real estate tax from $72 to $76.90 per $1000 of property valuation. But yesterday the manager reported that the City has more than $1 million surplus, the largest in Cambridge's history...
...economics of the movie industry. Buffeted for years by falling movie attendance and rising costs, U.S. film makers have more recently revived themselves by selling movie rights to TV; last fall MGM leased 63 films to CBS for an average of $800,000 each. With potential riches even greater, prudent movie executives recognize the need to ration their film stockpiles instead of depleting them too fast. Because old movies have become such valuable-and easily disposable-assets, Hollywood's film companies are particularly wary of takeover bids by outsiders eager to turn a quick profit...
WASHINGTON, D.C. Jan. 31--Edwin O. Reischauer, University Professor, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today that the bombing of North Vietnam is a "psychological blunder" and called for prudent de escalation...
While obviously unhappy about it, the Administration has pretty well exhausted both its stockpiles and its powers of persuasion. Industry, meanwhile, has learned to be more prudent. This time round, a number of the companies consulted with Washington before raising prices, then kept the increases relatively modest. And, as Ackley admitted, the copper, molybdenum and aluminum producers had patiently "held back price increases for periods ranging from six months to more than a year...