Word: bishop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bishop Endre Gyulay of the Roman Catholic diocese of Szeged in Hungary, which includes Timisoara, told the church news agency Kathpress, based in Vienna, that 30 or 40 people fled across the border yesterday and reported two deaths, of an old woman and a 29-year...
...Until last week it seemed nothing short of a miracle would enable a Democrat to win a state senate seat from San Diego's heavily Republican 39th District. But that was before Roman Catholic Bishop Leo Maher ordered that Democratic candidate Lucy Killea, 67, be refused Communion because of her pro-choice views on abortion. Though Maher declared that his action was "more pastoral than political," it quickly became the most important issue in the campaign. Riled by the bishop's intervention, voters gave Killea a 51%-to-49% upset victory over state legislator Carol Bentley in a special election...
Declared Kate Michelman, executive director of the National Abortion Rights Action League: "The bishop shot himself in the foot...
While these new poets have their own unique styles, they share the common experience of studying at Harvard under teachers such as Robert Fitzgerald, Lowell and Bishop. And these poets also say they grew up with the legacy of writers like Berryman and Schwartz, who did not survive long enough to teach the new generation...
...Lowell and intimidated by Bishop," recalls Osherow...