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...dissidents, who refuse to recognize women priests, decided to act after the February consecration of Boston's Barbara Harris as the first woman Episcopal bishop. Synod members decry the church's liberalized teachings on such matters as divorce, abortion and homosexuality. They also insist that parishes be allowed to use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer instead of the modernized worship forms that the church approved in 1979. But unlike the small factions of tradition-minded members who walked out of the Episcopal Church in the late 1970s, the Synod stops short of making a dramatic split with the Episcopal...
...movement. So what is left, in Moscow's view, is nothing but time and patience. "If you think we don't understand the situation, you are wrong," said a frustrated Soviet observer last week. "Not one Soviet, from the President on down to a schoolchild, approves of China's use of tanks to repress the students. But the only way we can really help is by example, through deepening democracy in our own country...
...water. Like their landbound cousins, motorcycles and snowmobiles, they are quick, maneuverable, noisy and a rush to ride. Costing $4,000 on average, the scooters can reach speeds of 40 m.p.h. Sales are believed to have doubled since 1984, and there are now over 200,000 personal watercraft in use from coast to coast...
...hate 'em," observes Hawaii's state boating manager, David Parsons. This summer that majority is likely to be more hostile than ever. Opponents view the scooters as an intrusive and dangerous presence on waterways. They point to the gruesome accidents and deaths that have resulted from hotdogging skiers who use swimmers as a slalom course. In Hawaii a six-year-old skier collided with a woman kayaker; the woman died. In Arizona a baby girl sitting at the shoreline was washed along the rocks when a skier sent his wake crashing her way; she required 130 stitches. On Easter Sunday...
...also complain of the noise and nuisance of thoughtless riders who buzz fishermen, menace rowboats and rip through the quiet of mountain lakes and peaceful beaches. As a result, several states and localities have passed legislation in recent years regulating where and by whom the motorized skis may be used. Many have set the minimum age for riders at 14, require use of a life jacket and forbid riding at night. In Florida, where eleven deaths have occurred since 1987, the state plans to outlaw such reckless maneuvers as weaving through powerboat traffic. Local authorities in Arizona and Oregon have...