Word: titular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mafia patois a mechanic is a hit man. The titular mechanic of this misshapen thriller is Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson), a name so bland that we must assume the producers were at pains to appease antidefamation groups of virtually every nationality. Bishop is a psychopathic Mr. Fixit, flawlessly efficient at doing in whoever has fallen out of favor with his employers. Emotionless, a loner, Bishop spends hours studying his quarry...
...president, Episcopal Laywoman Cynthia Wedel. Last week in Dallas, the N.C.C. General Assembly chose as her successor its first black president: the Rev. W. Sterling Cary, 45. Cary is currently chief administrator of the 91 United Church of Christ congregations in metropolitan New York City. He brings to the titular office a broad ecumenical background: ordination by the National Baptist Convention, pastorates in an interdenominational church, a Presbyterian church, and a United Church of Christ congregation in Harlem. In a statement accompanying the news of his election, Cary complained about the slow progress of Black Power in the churches: "Empowerment...
...holds a psychology doctorate from the University of Chicago. Together, they merchandized Psychology Today into a profitable part of Communications/ Research/ Machines, which they founded in 1967. Last July they quit C/R/M, took over the Review, and started planning its transformation. Now that Cousins is gone, Charney becomes titular editor of the Review; he and Veronis will become co-editors in chief of the newly formed parent conglomerate, Saturday Review Industries. They are still seeking an executive editor to run the weekly and four planned monthly versions of the Review...
Voters do not elect a mayor under Cambridge's Plan E form of government. Administrative power rests with the city manager who is appointed by a majority vote of the Council. The Council also selects a Mayor from among their own number but the past is primarily titular...
...Died. Prince Franz Joseph Maria La-moral, 78, who as Duke of Thurn and Taxis was Germany's wealthiest nobleman and the patriarch of one of Europe's oldest families; of a heart attack; in Regensburg, West Germany. The godson of Austrian Emperor Franz Josef and titular head of the clan that introduced the international postal system to Europe in the 16th century, the prince presided over a billion-dollar financial empire that includes Germany's third biggest private bank and vast stretches of latifundia in Bavaria, Canada and Brazil. One of the last Continental nobles...