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Morse, who came to Harvard with Chafin's predecessor, David L. Gorski, has been Chafin's second-in-command for the five years Chafin was chief...
...Loyola, the Jesuits may have resolved a point of tension with the Pope: How active should they become in politics? Pope John Paul II has warned all priests against becoming too political, although acknowledging that they have a duty to promote social justice. Father Pedro Arrupe, Kolvenbach's predecessor, encouraged social activity by Jesuits in the U.S. and Latin America. John Paul has also been nettled by Jesuits who question church teachings. When Arrupe, 75, was incapacitated by a stroke in 1981, the Pope suspended the Jesuits' rules by removing Arrupe's choice as interim leader...
Since then, Andropov has barely mentioned his predecessor. Meanwhile, his much touted drive against corruption has continued to target Brezhnev's old pals, including General Nikolai Shchelokov, the former Minister of Internal Affairs. But the anticorruption campaign has affected too many highly placed officials, Medvedev notes, and Andropov's policy has met with powerful resistance. As a result, the drive has recently been toned down...
...Greenwich Village Weather Underground bomb factory, will be represented by attorneys who have consulted with her father, Civil Liberties Lawyer Leonard Boudin. They, as well as Brown's lawyers, are expected to put up a vigorous, conventional defense. That trial could be even costlier than its predecessor. -By Michael S. Serrill...
...Mozart symphony series, the English Concert's Pinnock, a top-notch harpsichordist whose reading of Bach's Goldberg Variations is perhaps the most convincing on discs; American Pianist Malcolm Bilson, one of the leading exponents of classical keyboard music, which he plays on the fortepiano, a predecessor of the modern instrument. "Everybody understands that there must be different sopranos for Mozart and Wagner," says Bilson, explaining the desirability of matching instrument to composer. "It has nothing to do with musicality...