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...Bernie Krieger what his best times with the Glee Club have been, and he will spend most of his time talking about specific concerts--singing a Sanders concert under Nadia Boulanger, performing tudor music, music "in the halls for which it was written," singing under Bernstein for Pope Paul VI. There are other memories, of course: private conversations with members of the Czechoslovakian chorus, watching the sunrise with other Glee Club members on the North rim of the Grand Canyon...
...PUSHCART PRIZE, VI: BEST OF THE SMALL PRESSES Edited by Bill Henderson Pushcart Press; 539 pages...
Once its beauty-pageant pretensions are ignored, though, The Pushcart Prize, VI can be seen for what it is: a fascinating peek at the vast and largely hidden world of noncommercial publishing. This is where talented young or unknown writers are likely to make their first impressions. Perhaps the most interesting debut over the past year belongs to Gayle Baney Whittier, who teaches French literature at the State University of New York, Binghamton. Her short story Lost Time Accident, which opens the collection, sensitively records a girl's growing awareness of the life her father leads, exposed...
...Jesuit leadership in September 1979, he criticized its "secularistic tendencies." In particular, he lamented its inadequate stress on the church's official teaching and on the priestly character of the Jesuit mission. The Pope made clear that he was just repeating criticisms voiced by his immediate predecessors, Paul VI and John Paul I. But his rebukes prompted speculation that he was dissatisfied with Arrupe's direction. Arrupe has delegated greater authority to provincial superiors around the world, and one high-ranking Vatican source feels that the Pope may see him "more as an inspirer than a governor...
...loyal second in command. The other: Giovanni Benelli, 60, the conservative, often abrasive Archbishop of Florence, who was runner-up to John Paul at the 1978 conclave. There are some ancient precedents for a papal abdication. Benedict IX (1032-45) sold his office outright to the reforming Pope Gregory VI; Celestine V (Aug. 29-Dec. 13, 1294) resigned to become a hermit after realizing he was not suited for the job; Gregory XII (1406-15) abdicated as part of a deal to end a schism and reunite the church. But Vatican insiders insisted that John Paul believes God has chosen...