Word: traditionalist
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...smooth transition belied rumors that a family schism had developed between the traditionalist senior Princes, such as Khalid and Abdullah, and the more modern-oriented branch of the family, headed by Fahd. The new King is the eldest of the powerful "Sudairi Seven," the sons of Ibn Saud by one of his favorite wives from the Sudairi tribe. There had been talk that Abdullah might be passed over in favor of Prince Sultan, also a Sudairi. The power of the Sudairi brothers within the Saudi hierarchy is substantial: in addition to Fahd and Sultan, they include Prince Naif, Minister...
...their own but from a visiting Spaniard, Juan Fernández y Krohn, 32. Police investigators soon confirmed that Fernández was, as he had appeared to be, a priest-but an archconservative one. He was ordained at the seminary of Ecône in Switzerland, the traditionalist bastion of French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a diehard opponent of the liberalizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), especially its modernization of the 16th century Latin Mass. Even Lefebvre, however, was not conservative enough for Fernández, who broke with the Ecône faction to join...
...seeing this Gondoliers is enough to give a traditionalist pause. It is difficult not to walk out of the Agassiz wondering how the other nine operettas would fare with a similar fresh treatment and realizingsheepishly that the old chestnut stagings may finally have seen their day. Perhaps the D'Oyly Carte is better off dead if productions like this rise up to takes its place...
Oversized racket sales -- with prices ranging from $100-300 -- grew by 60 per cent last year. The racquets have put the snowshoe on the other foot, prompting Prince users to jeer outdated traditionalist and mock the mini-racquet antiques. What's that for. . . Stir your martinis? Swat mosquitos? Nail down the lines...
...Roman Catholic Church, whose leaders he had angered during the election campaign. Jaime Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila, issued a statement assailing "frontal attacks" on the church and accusing the state of "making a mockery of the constitutional provision regarding freedom of religion." But Sin, in many ways a traditionalist, does not seek a confrontation with Marcos. "We are really helping him," Sin insists, "but he sometimes seems not to realize this." After his rapprochement with Washington, Marcos may decide he can do without such help...