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...existed to make a quantum jump in Senate status. He recognized first the changing mood of the Democrats in the Senate, who strongly felt the urge for new leadership. He saw that Russell Long, who has had many problems and has been none too popular with his colleagues, was ripe for picking Finally, sizing up the situation, he had the courage-or the gall-to make the challenge. Challenge is a family tradition with the Kennedys. On the other hand, Maine's Edmund Muskie, fresh from good reviews as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, saw the same opportunity...
...Catholic crisis has led some thinkers to wonder whether the church is not ripe for the convening of Vatican III. "So much has happened that the fathers of Vatican II could not have anticipated," says Publisher Dan Herr of Chicago's bimonthly Critic, "that another council cannot be delayed." One obvious topic for the agenda would be a new ruling on contraception to reflect the consensus of the faithful. Another, suggests Theologian Gregory Baum of Toronto, would be a definition "of the limits of papal authority and the freedom to be given local churches." It is taken for granted...
...Vilella. Ferré is unabashedly pro-American; the art museum that he founded and funded in his native Ponce was designed to symbolize the interaction of U.S. and Hispanic cultures. When Puerto Rico's economic level reaches that of the poorest mainland state, Ferré has argued, his island will be ripe for statehood: it should soon equal Mississippi...
...over the world, disenchantment with governments of every coloration seems to have become epidemic. As a result, no "in" regime can feel very secure. Few parties have been more in than Sweden's Social Democrats, who have held power for 36 years and consequently seemed ripe for a fall. Last week, in an unprecedentedly heavy turnout (89%), Sweden's voters not only returned the party to power but also gave it a parliamentary majority for the first time since World...
Weinstock was a more than welcome suitor. Although English Electric has long been considered ripe for a merger, its chairman, Lord Nelson of Stafford, wanted no part of the $624 million takeover bid by Plessey Co. He argued that merging with Plessey would bring few improvements in efficiency because the two firms concentrated on different lines -Plessey on telecommunications and aerospace products, English Electric on appliances and heavy industrial equipment. British G.E., on the other hand, seemed like a compatible partner, especially since it had already been cooperating with English Electric in the manufacture of stoves at home...