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...point remains certain: if the British government is to retain its sovereignty, it must do so without the active presence of the army. The army cannot indefinitely remain as the major political power in Ulster. Morale is low, and Britain's will to support it is weakening. Though the British will never unilaterally abandon their political link with the province, they are equally unwilling to maintain direct rule at the cost of an endless army presence. The British are eager to see the army withdrawn--and seeing that delayed, they desire (in a sense) that it be compelled to withdraw...
...upshot of this has been an agonizing political impasse and motionlessness. The political parties which have garnered substantial electoral support--the Social Democratic Labor Party, the moderate and major Catholic party; the Alliance Party, a non-sectarian party; and the Unionists--all still retain local and parliamentary influence. But in terms of their ability to influence the direction of the whole province, they are jockeying in thin air. Only the Alliance Party, which stresses reconciliation and espouses both the link with Britain and Catholic civil rights, gives indications that it might one day unite enough moderate Catholic and Protestant support...
Fisher will also retain her position at Eliot House...
...producing cartel (OPEC). Under the Carter plan, most of the wellhead tax would be rebated to consumers. The oil and gas companies would also like to see domestic oil prices rise to world levels, but they object to the wellhead tax and rebate plan. They want to retain all of the proceeds from the higher prices-not to keep profits high, they insist, but to finance the ever growing cost of exploration...
Thus far the schism is loud but small: the larger parishes are remaining loyal. But there is potential for dramatic skirmishes in the next year or two, especially if courts rule that departing parishes can retain their property. As if to remind the bishops of the threat, a parish in nearby West Palm Beach became the 18th to quit the denomination. It will join the emerging "Anglican Church of North America," which was proclaimed last month at an emotional rally of 1,750 traditionalists in St. Louis. Besides women priests, the group protests modernization of the church's liturgy...