Word: archaice
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Director Nicholas Webster has made excellent use of his cameras and of the simple but solid sets. The costumes, inspired by archaic statues and vase paintings, are well designed and made of top-grade material. And finally, a word must be said for the stunning quality of the film's Anscocolor processing...
With this statement to a weary House of Commons last week, Home Secretary Roy Jenkins came to the heart of the matter in the long argument over whether to reform Britain's archaic criminal statutes against homosexuality. Despite a flurry of last-minute amendments aimed at killing the reform bill, the M.P.s passed it by a 7-1 margin. For the first time since the era of Henry VIII, private homosexual acts between consenting males over 21 will not be subject to criminal prosecution...
...rise to the level of philosophy, he boldly declares: "The legal mind is a restricted and impoverished mind which cannot move without a law to support each flicker of its brain." He describes the church's code of can on law, which is now being drastically revised, as "archaic" and "reeking of drawbridges and moats." Dismissing the intellectual achievements of Jesuits John Courtney Murray and Karl Rahner, Kavanaugh insists that "Catholic theology died somewhere between Thomas and Tarzan." He scarcely mentions the reforming legislation of the Second Vatican Council, except in pointed skepticism. "Are we persons now that...
Without question, much in postconciliar Catholicism still needs reforming -as even Pope Paul has admitted. Without question, too, archaic laws governing personal behavior still frustrate and hurt some of Catholicism's loyal sons and daughters-and few of Father Kavanaugh's readers will doubt that his concern for their human tragedies is both passionate and sincere. Nonetheless, many Catholics who hope and pray for renewal may have cause to suspect that Kavanaugh's angry and oversimplified criticism can only hurt rather than help the forces of change within the church...
Many other investors regard mortgages as a last-choice outlet for money. Pension funds, the nation's fastest-growing pool of savings, have put a mere 8% of their $100 billion hoard into mortgages. Because of monthly collections and bookkeeping, lack of standardization and archaic foreclosure laws in many states, mortgages are clumsy and costly to handle. Restrictions on interest rates (6% maximum in ten states, 7% in six) divert funds elsewhere. Only Government-backed mortgages, less than a fifth of the total, can be readily traded among investors. The 6% interest ceiling on FHA and VA loans, handiwork...