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...Coventry and Liverpool. Shrewdly, for Liverpool, the Pontiff planned visits to the cathedrals of both Anglican and Catholic communions. On Monday, after visiting Manchester and York, the Pope's schedule took him to Edinburgh. On Tuesday, his plans called for an ecumenical meeting with representatives of Scottish churches, then a quick series of appearances at events around Glasgow-all by means of a helicopter. The final stop that night was to be an informal evening chat with the Scottish Catholic hierarchy at George Gordon Cardinal Gray's residence in Glasgow. In the morning, John Paul and his retinue...
There are even 1,800 people, who shear the sheep, shoot the geese and occasionally eat penguin eggs. Almost all of the residents are of Scottish, Irish or Welsh descent and passionately claim allegiance to the distant monarchy that many of them have never seen (one of the three secular holidays celebrated every year is April 21, Her Majesty's birthday). And now there are about 5,000 Argentine troops who declare that the place is theirs...
Jenkins' strong opposition came not only from the two major parties but from the Scottish Nationalists, who favor outright independence and usually command 10% to 15% of the vote in the district. Bordering the University of Glasgow, Hillhead is the best-educated constituency in Scotland, a community that stretches from handsome, rosy sandstone houses on sloping streets to grubby shops near the River Clyde below. The Tories came in with an edge, possession of the seat for more than six decades, the past 33 years served rather lacklusterly by Sir Thomas Galbraith, who died last January. In his stead...
...fact, Jenkins was born in Wales, the son of an ambitious coal miner who was later a Labor M.P. But to counter the carpetbagging label, Jenkins sounded a decidedly Scottish note in his campaign speeches as time went on. He pledged that he would spend "the rest of my political life" representing Hillhead, and that he would not dash away to a safer English constituency at the first chance to move south. He supported the granting of greater autonomy for Scotland, including the formation of a regional assembly with authority to tax and with substantial legislative power. Jenkins pledged...
MARRIED. Diana Rigg, 43, alluring British actress (Broadway's Jumpers and The Misanthrope) who also played TV's Emma Peel in The Avengers; and Archie Stirling, 40, Scottish businessman; both for the second time; in New York City...