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Demoralized by a succession of reversals in recent months, the Free Democratic Party could be tempted to defect from its partnership in the federal government with the Social Democrats and go into alliance with the Christian Democrats, also leaving Schmidt in the lurch. Already, in preparing for next September'...
Andropov's rise totally overshadowed the new agricultural program introduced by Brezhnev. Designed to remedy the inefficiency of the collective system, the scheme calls for increased capital investment in agriculture from a current 27% of the national budget to 33⅓% by the mid-1980s. But such large expenditures...
The Priesthood. Catholics believe a priest must be ordained by a bishop historically tied to bishops who are linked all the way back to Peter and the Apostles: the apostolic succession. Anglicans have a special problem that the international dialogue must soon face directly. The reason: in 1896 Pope Leo...
Historians have sought ways around the dilemma, which would also apply even to the Lutherans, who lack bishops in historical succession in most of their churches. U.S. Catholic Bible Expert Raymond Brown contends that it is highly likely that in the early Christian period, churches with bishops recognized those without...
In rapid succession number two Adam Beren, number three Warren Grossman, number four Alex Seaver and number five freshman Dave Rockman cut down their opponents in straight sets, winning a total of 48 games to the Big Green's 18.