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...same time that the letters were signed, Calvi secretly absolved the Vatican Bank from any responsibility in the transaction. The effect was to render the letters legally worthless. This has bewildered police investigators...
...some cases, tiny details render grandiose plans suspect. In California, the regional headquarters of FEMA is located just a jiggle away from the San Andreas Fault. In western Missouri, the strategy currently calls for people to pass missile sites that make the area a prime target for nuclear attack. In Arizona, FEMA'S program offers elaborate details for moving 70,000 residents of Phoenix 78 miles north to Prescott, a town of 20,000. Officials have not figured out how Prescott, which barely survives the annual deluge of tourists at its July 4 Frontier Days festival, will house...
Archbishop Hunthausen should explain how his refusal to pay half his income taxes complies with Christ's teaching that one should "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." Following the archbishop's philosophy, Catholics in Seattle who do not agree with Hunthausen's position should feel free to cut their financial contributions to the diocese by half...
Chia's bulgy operatic figures pose like Michelangelos and flourish their tiny daggers at frantic women. He will take a tourist postcard view of the Grotta Azzurra in Capri, render it big, add a floating Chagall girl upside down, add a few written phrases in the manner of '20s Mird, and title the whole pasticcio thus: In Strange and Gloomy Waters If a White Dot Shines If a Child Jumps I Will Approach Her Flight, 1979. Chia's visions may not be very deep, but nobody could accuse him of having a defective swizzle stick...
Columbia is currently batting a collective 300-plus, but mediocre pitching (team ERA: 5.78) will probably render them only a .500 team this year. Lack of depth and power will also hurt the Lions. If the hitting continues (they are averaging eight runs a game), though, Columbia could be a contender. Two juniors with .400 averages, second baseman Frank Antonelli and catcher John McGivney lead the team...