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...degrees and had to wait years to get a good job. Fabrizio D'Amico Milan Congratulations to photographer Guglielmo de' Micheli. His pictures accompanying the article on Italy's young were truly outstanding. The shot of Mariangela Potenza and her dog makes de' Micheli a worthy heir to Da Vinci. Michael Elmquist Malmö, Sweden Eyes on 2008 Columnist Joe Klein noted senator Bill Frist's missteps as he has courted the G.O.P. presidential nomination [April 10]. I agree with Klein's assessment of the public's growing revulsion for politicians who put personal job security before defending the democratic...
...VINCI CODE...
...controversy came in the midst of Opus Dei's attempt to squash what it thinks will be a negative caricature of its own group in the upcoming movie version of The Da Vinci Code. Having failed for months to privately extract a promise from Sony not to actually name the organization behind the self-flagellating assassin in the film, Opus on Monday went public with a letter on its website requesting that Sony add a "disclaimer" before the movie explaining that it is fiction, admonishing that "an eventual decision of Sony in this direction would be a sign of respect...
...speaks well for the growing sophistication of Opus's publicity people that they see the folly of demanding the neutering of one offensive "cartoon" while their members are cheerfully printing another. The Opus website now bears an additional release noting, "As we participated in the discussions about The Da Vinci Code we have tried to show maximum respect towards all parties." By apologizing for the Studi cartoon, the statement continued, "We have tried to show others the kind of treatment we ask for ourselves. Anything else would be inconsistent and hypocritical...
...that is the case--if much of the negative feeling regarding Opus at this point is displaced anger over the direction of the church--then The Da Vinci Code may be the best fate that could befall it. The movie will not deter Opus' usual constituency--conservative Catholics do not look to Ron Howard for guidance. But by forcing Opus into greater transparency, the film could aid it: if the organization is as harmless and "mature" as Bohlin contends, then such exposure could bring in a bumper crop of devotees--with perhaps even more to come if, as seems likely...