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...partly bridged in 1971 when TIME Associate Editor Richard Ostling, representing the Religion Newswriters Association, helped negotiate an unprecedented arrangement that later opened the meetings of Catholic bishops to journalists. Previously, Ostling recalls, "the bishops' deliberations were secret, and reporters sat outside, talking among themselves." Meanwhile, pickets would vie for press attention, and lobbyists for varying causes would voice their grievances. Says Ostling: "Naturally, these groups would cozy up to the press corps to get coverage, and soon sideshows were upstaging the main event." After the veil was lifted, says Ostling, "there was a lull in press coverage. Some...
More than 200 students signed up to vie for 89 seats on the council, and, despite several balloting mishaps Thursday, voting turnout during the first two days of the election was relatively heavy, Voting will continue through Saturday, with results to be announced Monday...
...with more discretionary power and less federal interference. But they will also find that they have less money to spend. This year's 26% decrease in funding will sharply affect Title I (aid for the disadvantaged), handicapped and vocational education. In addition, 33 programs will henceforth have to vie on their own for a share of block grants, including voluntary school desegregation projects like magnet schools that provide alternatives to busing...
Today, however, many companies and countries pursue corporate secrets like sharks in a frenzy at feeding time. As Japan, the Soviet Union and Western countries vie with ever increasing intensity for industrial power, the pressure to save years of research time and expense by stealing know-how has created an industrial espionage epidemic. In West Germany, where intrigue has been a way of life since the onset of the cold war, last year for the first time there were more known cases of business spying than of political espionage. In the U.S., thefts of secrets ranging from technological breakthroughs...
...Stallone's lavish, sprawling house behind a high brick wall and green canvas gates in Pacific Palisades, slightly to the left of Beverly Hills, film memorabilia vie for space with fine art in rooms accented with rich woods and polished brass. A mammoth Leroy Neiman portrait of Rocky hangs near a Rodin sculpture, a boxer's headguard inscribed "To Sly from Muhammad Ali" rests near Andy Warhol oils. Another treasured possession is a worn photo album that the star uses to document his "roaches to riches" story. Stallone, dressed in running shoes and warmup suit, puffing...