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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wojtyla wrote last year that Jesus Christ is "a reproach to the affluent consumer society ... The great poverty of people, especially in the Third World ?hunger, economic exploitation, colonialism?all these signify an opposition to Christ by the powerful." Advocates of the Marxist-influenced "liberation theology" in Latin America thus hope that the Pope will be sympathetic to their program. But knowledgeable observers in Rome expect the opposite. Asked on West German TV last year whether Marxism could be reconciled with Christianity, Wojtyla replied bluntly: "This is a curious question. One cannot be a Christian and a materialist...
...effect as long as necessary to bring inflation down to an acceptable rate. Since the program aims at reducing the rate by only half a percentage point a year, that could take a very long time. Price increases actually slowed down to a 7% annual rate in the third quarter, a welcome relief from the 11 % pace of the previous three months, but the rate is expected to average around 8% for 1978 as a whole and to be running at about that pace by year...
Competition from the new store is certain to intensify the bruising price war that is already roiling the New York City area, where an estimated one-third of U.S. hardcover books are sold. The discounters commonly cut prices 20% to 35% on bestsellers. The battle has already forced Laurel Book Center, a small chain, out of business. McGraw-Hill at times has posted a barker outside its Manhattan store to attract customers by offering a daily giveaway of technical books. Doubleday has refurbished and expanded its main Fifth Avenue store and is relying more and more on cut-rate leftovers...
...thrillers (The Suvarov Adventure, Whiteout!) that invariably become bestsellers in Britain, and for good reason: they combine all too human characters, masterly plotting and impeccable research. Black Camelot is all Kyle guile. The novel is set in the waning months of World War II, when the Third Reich's slimier survivors are engaged in a last-ditch struggle...
After battling back from a 10-0 deficit, HC saw its visions of a halftime tie fade when Whipple hit split end Barry Blum with a 31-yd. scoring toss. Brown then went on to open up the game to 31-10 before the third period had ended, racking up the points on a 27-yd. Whipple-to-Mark Farnham toss and a one-yd. Whipple...