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...China without papal approval, and are bishops of the government-approved Chinese Catholic Church, known as the Catholic Patriotic Association. There is one notable exception to this schismatic situation: Bishop Dominic Tang, 73, a Jesuit trained in Portugal and Spain. Even though Tang was appointed by the Vatican, remains loyal to the Pope and has so far refused to join the Patriotic Association, the government let him out of prison last year. It has also chosen to regard Tang as a bishop, mainly because so many Catholics in his diocese demanded...
Neither the Pope nor China's rulers know quite what to do about the many Chinese Catholics who, like Bishop Tang, suffered intense persecution for decades because they remained loyal to the papacy and spurned the patriotic bishops. It is possible that most Chinese Catholics will continue to refuse to recognize the government-imposed religious hierarchy. Says one such Vatican loyalist in Shanghai: "Many of us grew up together and shared the sufferings of being Catholic. There isn't a single one who will go to a patriotic church...
...early years," says Carl Hartnack, board chairman of the Security Pacific National Bank. "Some think they can go to Xerox and become president overnight, but without training this is ridiculous." Adds Thomas B. Hubbard, founder and chairman of THinc., a New York consulting firm: "They tend to be more loyal to their personal careers than to any company. So although they have made some companies better, they have also made them more vulnerable...
...endowed with such powers, Giscard has conducted a foreign policy more notable for subtlety than clarity. At heart he remains loyal to Gaullist traditions: independence and a strong French presence on the international scene. Where Giscard differs from De Gaulle, says Hoffmann, is in his desire to be "the universal Mister Nice Guy-a thankless task...
...have a common stand with Czechoslovakia, just as with the other countries of the socialist community." The statement seemed to be a nod to Husák's bad-cop routine, but its effect was to remind Polish listeners that it was not so long ago that the loyal Czechs were as obstreperous as they...