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Under the Vatican's code of canon law, priests can hold government jobs if they have received permission from their local bishop. Two priests have prominent positions in the Nicaraguan Cabinet, Foreign Minister Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann of the U.S. Maryknoll Society, and Culture Minister Ernesto Cardenal, a secular priest and noted poet. Four others hold high government posts. But in 1981 Nicaragua's bishops withdrew their approval. A truce was arranged: the priests would remain in office, but they would have to wear civilian clothes when carrying out official duties and not perform religious functions. However...
...American States on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Haig said that the U.S. "is prepared to join others in doing whatever is prudent and necessary to prevent any country in Central America from becoming the platform of terror and war." As Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann listened gravely, Haig added that "if Nicaragua addresses our concerns about interventionism and militarization . . . we do not close the door to the search for proper relations...
...Joyce decided that she had to part from him forever to get her health back. Refusing to charge mental cruelty ("He was a fine boy and a wonderful husband"), she sued for divorce on the ground that she was allergic to her husband. In Los Angeles, Superior Judge Ray Brockmann was afraid that to grant a divorce on such a ground would set a ticklish precedent...
HARVARD M.I.T. England, g. g., Kaiser W. Wemple, r.f.b. l.f.b., Forsburg Gummere, l.f.b. r.f.b., Bateman Waters, r.h.b. l.h.b., Kidde Ware, c.h.b. c.h.b., Hansen Eaton, l.h.b. r.h.b., Waram Schumacher, r.o. l.o., Brockmann Clos, r.i. l.i., Stone Grover, c.f. c.f., Carey Whitney, l.i. r.l., Kron Baxter, l.o. r.o., Holladay...