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...consumption; he froze all Iranian government banking assets in the U.S. The Administration has not officially interrupted the flow of the nearly $500 million worth of food the U.S. ships to Iran annually. But the International Longshoremen's Association instructed all its members not to load any vessels bound for Iran, and the giant American Farm Bureau Federation offered to support a total boycott on food exports. Some militant superpatriots talked of blockading the Iranian coast, but the Administration consistently ruled out that and all other military measures...
Last week's "plenary meeting" in fact restored an ancient practice. Under Pope Leo IV (847-855), Cardinals began frequent administrative sessions that grew more important in church government. Then, in 1588, Pope Sixtus V, to increase his personal power and cope with a growing work load, established the various departments of the Vatican Curia. Meetings of all the Cardinals soon died out-except for papal elections and ceremonial occasions, known as "consistories," to install Cardinals and name new saints...
...tremendous growth of Government regulation has inevitably meant that more intricate statutes need legal interpretation. Thus the court faces a growing work load. ''There are just more hard and more deserving cases than there used to be,'' says White. To day the court hands down more than half again as many written opinions as it did 25 years ago, and at term's end, the Justices often find ''themselves rushing to finish their drafts. Says Powell: "The pressure of time prevents us from going from chamber to chamber to work things...
...firsthand knowledge of a meeting between Prime Minister Begin and three consulting neurologists. TIME was apparently misled as to the meeting and regrets the error. TIME stands by its report that for a period of weeks following his stroke on July 19 the Prime Minister's work load was significantly reduced...
Baltimore manager Earl Weaver sent Terry Crowley in to face the razor-thin reliever. Crowley hit into a force but succeeded in advancing both runners. Tekulve then tossed Ken Singleton four straight balls to load up the bases. Tekulve and the Pirates were banking on the slumping Eddie Murray to end the inning...