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Beijing Mayor Chen Xitong listened, stern-faced, as a student questioner bore down on him and other local officials about the nepotism and corruption that now pervade the Chinese bureaucracy. As television viewers at home watched intently, Chen, an unpopular hard-liner, seized the microphone and answered defensively. "I'm a grade-twelve cadre with a monthly income slightly over 300 yuan (($80))," he protested. "None of my family members are high-ranking officials. My son is a junior cadre in the Beijing civil affairs bureau, and my daughter-in-law is an ordinary clerk...
...forward." In England, Margaret Orr Deas, of the Movement for the Ordination of Women, complained that "the Roman Catholics are not giving anything away" in the negotiations, and she expects no concessions because John Paul is "an unrelenting man and firmly entrenched in his views." The Pope's stern letter by no means ends ecumenical discussions or such friendly contacts as Runcie's Vatican visit planned for next September. But reunification now seems far more remote than before -- if not downright impossible...
...from their intimate weekly individual discussions with the kids, only one boy has fathered a child. "This is not a value-free program," he explains. "We have a message that delaying sexual activity is good. We are taking a stand." This year the Childrens Aid Society is establishing the Stern National Training Center for Family Life Education in Manhattan, where Carrera will teach his techniques to others searching for ways to cope with adolescent pregnancy in their community...
...Communist Party and Beijing government had on Wednesday issued stern warnings that the student protests, now in their 11th day, are illegal and that further street demonstrations would be crushed...
Harvard is heavily favored, fielding one of its strongest crews in the last few years. Rowing for the Crimson, from bow-to-stern, are Captain and bow Joe Harvey, senior Curt Piecken-haugen, junior Peter Sharis, sophomore Hugh Evans, junior Jon Bernstein, senior Jack Rusher, senior Phil Schuller, stroke and senior John Amory and sophomore Metz...