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...occur in Manila itself, where John Paul is scheduled to tour Tondo, a slum that is being hastily and intensely renovated. Yet should John Paul choose to step beyond the prescribed bounds, he will find a grimy row of shanties just two blocks away. Despite these obstacles, Jaime Cardinal Sin of Manila is certain that the Pope will somehow make contact with his country's poor. Says the Cardinal: "He wants to come and console these people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Sanitary Tour | 2/16/1981 | See Source »

Marlowe's Faustus, fed up with the drivel in books on subjects he studies, finds boundless courage to name his sin, and to abandon himself...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: Unworldly Knowledge | 2/12/1981 | See Source »

Perhaps those who are revising the Bible could get rid of the word sin and still retain the "flavor" of the King James. The Scriptures would be more universally palatable without reference to sin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 29, 1980 | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

Singapore Sue: "A lotus blossom girl in that notorious den of drugs, gambling and...Yes, Madame Sin-Sin. Aided by her lascivious henchman Dung Wong, Madame Sin-Sin nightly lures unwary bluejackets to their untimely doom." --"Dames at Sea," Hasty Pudding Theatricals...

Author: By Jane Bock and Peter NIEN-CHU Kiang, S | Title: A Search For Identity | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

...Warner Brother's "The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu" featured stereotypic, sinister and subhuman Asian males (played by white actors) who lust after white women. Last month, Hasty Pudding offered us the female counterparts: Singapore Sue (so sweet and soft and gentle, my favorite Oriental) and Madame Sin-Sin, who together seduce and destroy Caucasian sailors...

Author: By Jane Bock and Peter NIEN-CHU Kiang, S | Title: A Search For Identity | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

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