Word: travelling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Papal View. Some businesses will suffer from the passing of il ponte, especially the travel agencies that offer popular cut-rate tours during the long weekends. But the institution that might appear to be most hurt by the new schedule-the Roman Catholic Church-is not complaining. Priests have long known that most parishioners use religious holidays to go on vacation, not to Mass. Indeed, Pope Paul VI recently called on Italians to support the austerity program, lost holy days...
...however, and it is encouraging to see that the voters rejected Barnstead's candidacy as well. O'Neill, soon to be elected Speaker of the House, did not emerge from the campaign altogether unscathed. Because of his position of national leadership, O'Neill's record, especially his foreign travel at government expense, has come under increased scrutiny. O'Neill has withstood that examination, and if his generally good record on progressive legislation is any indication, should serve well as Speaker...
...This is your first travel around the country as a national candidate. What do you think about the country...
...What has your travel taught you about yourself...
Despite its geopolitical subject, the result is a typical Bellow production: part meditation, part crank letter, tinged with the doubt of Ecclesiastes and the faith of Moses, full of quicksilver insights and deep Talmudic scholarship. It is as if the Messrs. Sammler, Humboldt and Herzog collaborated on a travel-cum-history book, pulling in several directions to keep it aloft...