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...cast an imaginary movie of the negotiating drama. They agreed that Henry Fonda or Jason Robards should play the lead, poker-faced Christopher. Karl Maiden was their choice as soft-spoken Harold Saunders, the State Department's Near Eastern specialist. Peter Ustinov was assigned the role of Alec Toumayan, the team's balding, urbane interpreter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Hostages: How the Bargain Was Struck | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

Before last week's opening service began, the invited dignitaries from other churches entered the cathedral in solemn procession-among them Alexandrian Archimandrite Parthenios Coinidis, Armenian Bishop Bessak Toumayan in his tall black hat, white-hatted Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Pitirim of Minsk (Cyprus' Archbishop Makarios had been invited by Dr. Fisher, but to everyone's relief failed to turn up). Then came the overseas bishops of Canterbury's jurisdiction-the Anglican colonies and provinces. The procession showed the Anglicans' racial diversity. Among 32 members of mission dioceses, there were nine black bishops from West Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Bishops at Lambeth | 7/14/1958 | See Source »

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