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Synod seemed to be moving slowly in the same direction. Attempting to tighten discipline and doctrine on what he saw as a drifting ship, Preus cracked down. His main targets were faculty members of the denomination's major academic arm, Concordia Seminary of St. Louis. These teachers, who in...
Even if Preus declares the eight posts vacant, at least seven of the presidents are expected to be defiantly re-elected by their districts. Whether the confrontation will compel the moderates actually to break with the official church-or how such a rupture would come about-remains to be seen...
Irritating Visit. Egypt considers the arms defensive. Sadat wants peace in Sinai to protect the Suez Canal, and he would undoubtedly welcome a U.S. guarantee. It would mean that Egypt could reach an informal agreement with Israel but would not be bound by a formal treaty or a politically unpalatable...
Indirectly, the large pro-Market vote gives Wilson a popular mandate to take firm measures to tackle Britain's disastrous 25% inflation. Before the referendum, he was handicapped in dealing with the nation's economic problems-particularly with the politically sensitive issue of wage restraint-by the Labor...
Choking Options. The answer may not be long in coming, and it may be a profoundly disturbing one. Moderates on the Revolutionary Council are losing strength swiftly to the radicals who, though they regularly invoke the povo (the people), also regularly disparage the povo for "political unawareness." Increasingly, the firebrands...