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...referring, of course, to the "spirited debate" by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops over whether to place the Communion wafer in the hand or on the tongue of the communicant [Nov. 26]. Could not this kind of petty concern help explain the exodus of the faithful from their respective churches...
Nevertheless, when U.S. Roman Catholic bishops had their annual meeting in Washington, some of the most spirited debate revolved around an extraordinarily technical question: whether priests should now be permitted to place the Communion wafer in the recipient's crossed hands instead of directly on the tongue. Some Catholic congregations in fact quietly practice the hand-to-hand form of Communion already. Yet the bishops voted down the proposal. Greeley and McCready denounced the bishops' sense of priority. "How people receive Communion is obviously more important than whether they receive it," the two wrote. "It is business...
...oversized set of false teeth, following instructions on proper brushing procedures supplied by a dental technician. Then he tried to apply the same technique on his own teeth. Using a regular child's toothbrush, he began brushing vigorously, trying to remove every trace of a sweet red wafer handed him a moment before by the technician. "It tastes like candy!" he yelled to a screaming crowd of balloon-carrying children, as pink foam from the brushing streamed over his sunburned chest...
...belong to Ireland, God give us freedom!" McManus pleaded with MacStiofáin to relent. "If you die tonight," said the priest, "I am convinced there will be serious trouble in the South of Ireland." A moment later, MacStiofáin took a sip of water, then a Communion wafer and finally a cup of hot, sugared tea. If that was a victory for common sense, it was at least a temporary psychological defeat for the I.R.A...
...from Africa to protest that he could not find a replacement for his used-up battery, Land decided that the power cells that ran the complex mechanism of the SX-70 camera should be put in the film pack rather than inside the instrument itself. Polaroid engineers designed a wafer-thin battery that will be packaged inside every container of SX-70 film. The film is exposed by a tricky system of mirrors, including one that lifts up to reflect the final image (see diagram, page...