Word: problems
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...Party. Led by an archenemy, Ayatullah Seyyed Mohammed Beheshti, the cleric-dominated parliament now threatens to stonewall him as the outgoing Revolutionary Council did. Among other things, it can reject his candidate for the office of Prime Minister, and continue to block his efforts to solve the American hostage problem...
...metropolis of Porto Alegre to the impoverished agricultural lands of the north, the Polish-born Pontiff proved a spellbinding presence, drawing crowds of a million or more on at least six occasions. Smiling, kissing babies, entering the hovels of the poor, John Paul also spoke on almost every national problem-Indian rights, rural poverty, urban slums, labor struggles, human rights. Yet he mixed his appeals for social justice with stern warnings against violence and Marxism...
...remains to be seen whether soothing words will help ease the Brazilian church's other chronic problem: a manpower shortage. There are only 13,000 priests-40% of them foreigners-in a nation of 120 million people. Because many of the most outspoken activist priests are foreigners, the regime is proposing a tougher immigration law that could cause serious trouble for the missionaries. Though many Brazilians contend that the celibacy requirement is to blame for the difficulty in recruiting priests, the Pontiff believes that a loss of priestly identity is at the root of the problem. With his visit...
...which 32% came from the network. Last year RCA earnings totaled only $105.6 million, with NBC accounting for a mere 17%. Said John Reidy, a broadcast-industry analyst with Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.: "If the broadcast division is not the premiere division in that company, then it is a problem...
Griffiths thought the problem was Pfeiffer. Formerly vice president in charge of corporate communications and government relations at IBM and Jimmy Carter's first choice to be Secretary of Commerce, Jane Cahill Pfeiffer had helped lure Silverman to NBC in 1978, while acting as a management consultant to RCA. After signing on with NBC for a reported $1 million a year, Silverman admitted that his managerial experience was limited and hired Pfeiffer, whose salary and bonus last year came to $425,000, to handle mundane corporate affairs...