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Philly is working on a nuclear submarine. Three weeks ago, he was finishing up his shore leave in Boston, seeing his last rock'n'roll for a long time. Last summer--at the beginning of his leave, he was married. And just after that, he returned to the service. Ain't it funny how soldiers always call it the service...
...Emile Biayenda became the second Cardinal in the century to be assassinated. But last month the nominally Marxist government of President Denis Sassou Nguesso established diplomatic relations with the Vatican and pleaded urgently to be included in the papal visit. The Congo needs to court Catholicism to shore up its popular support and counteract the influence of revolutionary religious sects that seek to overthrow the government. John Paul used his visit to remind Congolese officials that religious freedom is "at the center of respect for all the inalienable rights of the individual...
There are hundreds more such groups, some tiny and short-lived, others worldwide networks with generations of growth behind them. Down on the South Shore, members of the Nichiren Shoshu Academy, an offshoot of a 13th century Japanese Buddhist sect, pursue enlightenment by frequent chanting of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. In Allston, Members of the Cambridge Zen Center (a perfect koan: why is the Cambridge Center in Allston?) meet for chanting of the Heart Sutra, talks on the way of Buddha, and "just sitting." The Bahais, a group formed in Persia and brought...
Last week President Carter took some minor emergency measures to shore up housing by approving the expansion of the federal program that subsidizes interest payments for both homebuilders and buyers. The plan, which will cost an additional $75 million, would provide mortgages of up to $50,000 at interest rates as low as 11%. The President estimated that this might stimulate construction of 100,000 new houses. The only long-range relief for the industry, however, will come when interest rates begin falling from their dizzying heights...
...another, Bok and the gang in the Development Office have put the report--a clarion call for money to shore up Harvard's sagging financial belly--where it will reach the audience they hope will solve that problem: the alumni...