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...back in ecumenical history, in February 1965, the World Council of Churches and the Vatican cautiously decided to form a joint "working group" to study the possibilities of dialogue and collaboration. A beaming Willem Visser 't Hooft, then general secretary of the W.C.C., called it one of the "most historic events since the Reformation." Since then, discussions between the W.C.C., which represents 223 Protestant and Orthodox churches, and the Vatican have become commonplace; in fact, relations with the Roman Catholic Church was the major topic at the twelve-day meeting of the central committee of the W.C.C. that came...
...Willem Bless, director of the Higher Catechetical Institute in Holland, expects that a compromise solution for the new catechism will finally be found, but adds, "The problem goes deeper, of course. There are certain people in Rome who would like to ban this book completely. The publication of this book comes from a completely new and more open way of thinking than they have ever witnessed. It comes from a world that is completely strange to them...
...talent, the diffident Haitink is an anomaly. A short (5 ft. 6 in.), quiet man who likes to take long birdwatching rambles in the woods, he is still slightly awed by the Concertge-bouw's tradition of polished, mellow musicianship and its line of distinguished conductors, particularly Willem Mengelberg and Eduard van Beinum...
...learned his economics well: the four-year agreement will pay him some $500,000. Actually, it wasn't the money, says Bill. "I found that I really love the game," he explained, "and that I want to test myself against the best." Bill's old coach Willem van Breda Kolff, 44, who engineered Princeton's basketball renaissance for five years, is also leaving to confront the best. Next season he will take over as coach of the lackluster Los Angeles Lakers, who won 36 while losing 45 this season...
...broke through the traditions of the European painters. Don't forget the time-when he painted, America was very dependent on European tradition. In 50 years, Pollock will probably be more important than he is today-maybe not as a painter, but for liberation." Said Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning, who did not attend the opening: "Pollock broke...