Word: distressingly
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Even today, 33 nuncios, 29 pro-nuncios and 16 apostolic delegates represent the Holy See abroad. Nuncios and pro-nuncios, sometimes to the distress of local hierarchies, often deal in church matters as well as with the host state. Apostolic delegates-nondiplomatic personnel assigned to countries where the Pope has no official embassy, such as the U.S.-deal primarily in church matters, but can also be channels of other information to the Pope. Much of the information, reported back to Rome, may eventually reach diplomats accredited to the Holy See; other diplomats can only dream of such grass-roots contacts...
Authorities often practice a political double standard. A Long Island housewife last year found herself in court for protesting the war by flying her flag upside down (the international signal of distress). No action was taken when an American Legion post near by flew its flag upside down to protest Government inaction over the Pueblo's capture. Last month Michael Sauter, 20, was arrested in Topeka for displaying on his car a flag decal with an overlaid peace symbol. The charges were dropped after his lawyer argued that 1) a decal is not a flag, and 2) Topeka police cars...
...long ago, the Administration was considered an artful, managerial mechanism, oiled with serenity, unanimity and self-confidence. Now it showed symptoms of severe internal distress. Interior Secretary Walter Hickel's letter of criticism to the President (see box, page 10) and the abrupt resignation of two young Administration staffers were among the most tangible signs of strain. There were also hints of basic disagreement in the Cabinet over the Cambodian decision?hints that Nixon declined to deny at a hastily called press conference. On Capitol Hill dissension increased daily...
California's Supreme Court has gone still farther, ruling that insult alone - "intentional infliction of emotional distress" - can constitute cause for legal action...
...Japanese cameras. Producers have profited from sales abroad of U.S. aircraft and computers, heavy machinery and soft drinks. The domestic economy gained as well, because international competition helped check inflation. The boons were so apparent that protectionism has been in steady retreat. Now in 1970, a year of economic distress, protectionism is making a comeback...