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...deputy. Like Young, he has strong views, though he tends to express them more tactfully and precisely. Says his daughter Christina: "When he says something, he knows exactly what he is saying." He is described as the classic understated statesman with a scholar's rather than a preacher's approach to diplomacy. At his best in behind-the-scenes maneuvering, he led a protracted effort to get the Front Line African states, as well as South Africa, to agree to an independent Namibia. Talking to the press last week, McHenry lamented the high visibility of his new post...
...Roman Catholic priest for 21 years, Pagano insisted he was innocent, but failed a lie detector test. Loyal parishioners rushed to his aid and started a legal defense fund. Although Pagano had a reputation as an inspiring preacher and a dedicated community servant, he had an unorthodox life-style for a priest. While most priests reside in a rectory, Pagano lives in his own $50,000 home with a widow who he says is his half sister. He once ran a professional counseling business on the side until the church asked him to stop charging for his services. The priest...
...street diplomacy is very different from the cool, precise diplomacy of international relations. Young's candor, boldness and naive idealism were often ill suited to the subtleties and exactitudes crucial to world politics. Like many a Southern preacher, he was never at a loss for words, and he knew their power. But he failed to fully appreciate the dangers of using them rhetorically and carelessly...
Some of the humor contained good-natured barbs. At a session with journalists toward the end of the week, Carter encountered a long delay getting a gin-and-tonic for himself. "No authority around here," somebody muttered. Earlier, Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine had told a story about a preacher offering an eloquent sermon during a drought. The congregation congratulated him, but one remarked: "A little rain would do us a hell of a lot more good." Muskie's point: the nation needs action rather than just speeches...
...Marley's music makes a travesty of our culture's respect for articulate seriousness. Put him on a stage or in a recording studio and he is a genius, a great humanitarian, a poet, an outraged preacher, and a clear-thinking, astute political leader. Not to mention his astounding ability to create some of the finest music from a strictly instrumental standpoint. You can never understand Marley until you listen to his music. The music makes the insanity intelligible. It makes normally inscrutable human beings--Marley--and his Rastafarian brethren--seem like prophets in a sea of herecy...