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Some Christian Democrats would not mind if Italy's political crisis continued to drag on for a while. They fear that a gain for the Italian Communists might help the French Reds at the polls, which in turn would strengthen Italian Party Leader Enrico Berlinguer's hand. As one Christian Democratic Deputy put it: "An agreement with the Communists here would be a joli cadeau (pretty gift) for Georges Marchais, just as victory for the left in France would be a merveilleux cadeau for the Communists here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Pretty Gift | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

Boynton says he thinks that the Div School should strengthen its relationship with established churches, adding "theological education tends to operate within a club of its own." Boynton says that Stendahl has helped make the rest of the Div School aware of the need for such a relationship...

Author: By Alfred E. Jean, | Title: Communities of Faith: The Div School Looks Inward | 3/10/1978 | See Source »

Cutting taxes while offering a deficit budget is no way to strengthen the dollar or to achieve economic stability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 20, 1978 | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

Buchanan and Krister Stendahl, dean of the Divinity School, submitted a proposal for the grant in November 1977 because "we wanted to strengthen the program and look at its goals and purposes in the larger context of the Divinity School," Buchanan said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ford Supports Div Program For Women | 2/17/1978 | See Source »

...country, making speeches in an attempt to revive the ailing Republican Party and, not incidentally, to establish himself as a presidential candidate in 1980. The Pollak honorarium, coming only a year after Connally's appointment as a visiting fellow of the Institute of Politics, will only serve to strengthen his ties to Harvard, and thus enhance his national stature. It is hard to understand why the Kennedy School's selection committee did not feel serious qualms about acting effectively to advance the career of this particular politician. They can do better, and next year they should...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undeserved Honor | 2/15/1978 | See Source »

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