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...infallibility, the biggest barrier to Catholic-Protestant unity is the humble Jewish girl who gave birth to Jesus of Nazareth. By popular piety and papal decree, Roman Catholics have gradually elevated Mary to the queen of heaven, born free of sin and assumed bodily into heaven. Marian "maximalists" even yearn for the day when a Pope will promulgate new dogmas that in union with her son she is redemptress of the human race and mediatrix of God's grace to men. For centuries, Protestants have reacted by condemning Catholic "Mariolatry" as paganism and ignoring the Virgin as much...
Unfortunately, the deadest characters in Marnie are the live ones, for they are only skeletons fleshed with syndromes. As the patient husband, Connery performs with pallid competence, uncertain whether his role requires him to be a compulsive armchair analyst or a sadist in love. He seems to yearn for the patently farfetched heroics he has enjoyed as James Bond in From Russia With Love. Actress Hedren, obviously groomed for stardom by the Master, zips through some 32 costume changes without seriously ruffling her composure. Hitchcock's elegant cinematic style, evident here and there, seems wasted in a melange...
...Yearn for immortality? Pine to be remembered till the last dingdong of doom? Want to be sure your memory remains green to every generation of your descendants? It's as easy as hifi. So writes Lester C. Worden in his book, A Living Legacy...
...Down? A few wives yearn for the boiled shirts and ball gowns, but the Congressmen are all for Lyndon's way. "It wasn't like those mob scenes we've had before," said one. Starting in January, the President took on the entire Senate in three dinner dances, is now working his way through the House. Last week he reached the half way point by holding the third of six scheduled buffet-receptions for some 70 Representatives and their wives...
...devout home "where in every room an emaciated man hung dying for our sake." He automatically accepted ordination as a priest (the novel never makes clear in what country or what faith) and never questioned his vocation until one day he hears the confession of a veiled married woman yearning for a sexual love that her husband cannot supply. As the woman's words and fragrant breath filter through the grille of the confessional, Giovanni is strangely excited. "I did not yearn to rest again in the safety of God's embrace, in his light and peace...