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...vanished time of simpler Fourths of July. Woodrow Wilson proudly hailed the American flag as "the emblem of our unity." For many Americans on Independence Day 1970, to unfurl, or not unfurl, the front-porch flag is an unsettling dilemma. What was once an easy, automatic rite of patriotism has become in many cases a considered political act, burdened with over tones and conflicting meanings greater than Old Glory was ever meant to bear...
Roman Bias. Most galling to the authors is the Roman legal bias in the laws, which places more regard on the form than on the content of the marriage: on the marriage rite itself, on the intent of the partners at the moment of marriage and on the physical consummation of the union, rather than on any evidence of spiritual growth in what is held up as a spiritual bond. Impotence, for instance-either total or relative to the other partner-invalidates a marriage. So does lack of free consent by one or both parties (as in a "shotgun wedding...
SPRING has come, and with it, Boston's vernal rite of music. Each evening from April through June, the marble pilasters of Symphony Hall are transformed into the foundations of a plastic Lawrence Welk wonderland by the magic baton of Arthur Fiedler, as thousands of faithful look...
Pale spring sunshine glowed on the House of Commons' oak paneling last week as Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins rose to start the annual spring rite of Budget Day. It was a twitchy moment for the British, who look to the budget for both a review of past economic performance and word of the government's future policies. In too many years since World War II, the budget has brought higher taxes, tighter credit and myriad other measures designed to solve Britain's chronic balance of payments problem. This time Jenkins offered much hope-and some...
...Bishops will be elected to renewable four-year terms, not for life. All bishops and ministers in the new church's member denominations will be accepted without reconsecration or reordination-a provision that is likely to disturb High Church Episcopalians, who may not feel that a projected unification rite is enough to assure "apostolic succession," an unbroken link with the Apostles...