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...drawer pressure. In any case, star-quality executives who are let go rarely land new jobs commensurate in perquisites or prestige with their old ones. Often they must take a dramatic cut in pay. Some prospective employers fear that the former ruler of a corporate kingdom will resent suddenly having to take orders. Says Sheldon Hirsch, a Los Angeles executive recruiter: "The higher the level, the more difficult it is for them to find something...
...international expansion of the diaconate. A deacon since 1970, Schaller has made his "parish" a newly built quarter on the periphery of Lyons. There he is president of a tenants' union, which defends renters in disputes with landlords. He also performs marriages and baptisms for anticlerical couples who resent the presence of priests but are willing to accept the new deacons...
...directive given "by his own hand") envisioned the diaconate as a substitute ministry where priests were in short supply. It is the motu proprio that demands, somewhat unrealistically, that unmarried deacons take lifetime vows of celibacy; as a result, few single men have applied. Most of the married deacons resent the Pope's ruling that a widowed deacon cannot remarry, even though that ruling could leave young children motherless (one Detroit deacon has 13 children). Many American bishops would like the Vatican to rescind both stipulations...
Moreover, a successful integration program requires certain advance planning and sensitivity on the part of school officials. Repeatedly, when such planning has been absent, the result has been a heightening of hostility between the races. Blacks come to feel that they are not welcomed at the school, and whites resent the increased physical violence that frequently occurs. In many cases students are afraid to use the restrooms. One white mother whose son had been beaten up twice in the restroom explained: "Integration has made my son a racial bigot...
...tragedy has forced Tachito to re-emerge far ahead of schedule. As boss of the 5,000-man national guard, which is running the country under martial law, he is fully visible. Once again, he has become the target of rival politicians, restive students and even some businessmen who resent his one-man rule. "He has everything now," complains Javier Zavala, editor of a pro-Conservative paper. To a large extent, Somoza's future now depends on how he deals with the problems of reconstructing the city...