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They may sound like excerpts from a Reformation tract, but in fact they are the views of Roman Catholic Theologian Hans Küng of Germany's Tübingen University. Küng has long been the Vatican's most persistent and radical antagonist within the church. Four years ago he was summoned to Rome for a scrutiny of his theology. (He declined, partly because Rome would not give him a prior list of its complaints...
...directing a film for the first time, was distorting Streetcar by introducing realistic elements which Williams scrupulously avoided, the nameless censors from the Production Code office were removing almost all hints of improper behavior--a damaging process for a play which features a libertine as the heroine and an antagonist who ultimately rapes...
Skimming through the voluminous stacks of mail that reach him in Washington, Ralph Nader last summer began picking up an unusual pattern of complaints about some products made by his old antagonist, G.M.'s Chevrolet Motor Division. Scores of engines on Chevies made from 1965 to 1969, the letters indicated, were twisting loose from car frames, sometimes with the frightening result that the auto's accelerator pedal was pulled all the way down to the floor and the brakes failed. At roughly the same time, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was looking into similar complaints. Last week...
...Stokes was determined to choose his successor and, in doing so, prove that blacks could serve as a major force in Democratic Party politics. The first test was the Democratic primary, which matched City Council President Anthony J. Garofoli, a virulent Stokes antagonist, against James Carney, a moderate with little elective experience. During the primary, Stokes announced that he was supporting Arnold Pinkney, an independent and one of two blacks on the Cleveland board of education. Pinkney opted to bypass the primary and run in the Nov. 2 general election with Stokes' support. But the important thing, Stokes told...
Abroad, the death of Charles de Gaulle ended the era of great wartime leaders. The death of Egypt's Nasser seemed of more immediate importance; Golda Meir lost her worthiest antagonist, her only equal in the Arab world. It is still open to question whether Nasser's heirs will be strong enough not simply to make peace but to make it stick. Apart from Viet Nam, the Middle East preoccupied U.S. attention as Russia expanded its influence by installing missiles along the Suez Canal...