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...consensus of the congress, following Mitterrand's lead, was that rigor had to be sustained for another year or more, but that ways must be found to ease the pain of economic sacrifice. Mitterrand and the party leadership were responding to pressure from trade unions and Socialist rank and file. André Bergeron, leader of Force Ouvrière, an independent but largely pro-Socialist labor confederation, warned that "the government has reached limits that cannot be exceeded without jeopardizing the social equilibrium...
...sheer force of his personality, still broods over all Christendom, not just Lutheranism. Although Luther declared that the Roman Pontiffs were the "Antichrist," today's Pope, in an anniversary tip of the zucchetto, mildly speaks of Luther as "the reformer." Ecumenical-minded Catholic theologians have come to rank Luther in importance with Augustine and Aquinas. "No one who came after Luther could match him," says Father Peter Manns, a Catholic theologian in Mainz. "On the question of truth, Luther is a lifesaver for Christians." While Western Protestants still express embarrassment over Luther's anti-Jewish rantings...
...rival Sellars in knowledge of the visual, musical and theatrical arts. With this knowledge, he combines thematic insights and a knack for manipulating the stage. His dedication and achievements rank him an artist of the greatest integrity. But when people neither understand nor enjoy his production, what is the point? Art? Must art be tortuous to fathom? To disdain those who walk out of a production, to direct a work grasped only by its creator is too easy and risks too little...
With the notable exception of the defense issue, there were signs at Brighton that a touch of grass-roots democracy was creeping into the party. The rank and file in unions and constituency parties boldly voted against their leaders' choices. Moreover, five extreme leftists were expelled from the party for their leading roles in a faction called the Trotskyist Militant Tendency. The conference also moved toward moderation in its stance on the European Community: whereas during the election campaign Labor had pledged to pull Britain out of the E.G., the conference voted to stay in for the full term...
...Search of Excellence grew out of research begun in 1978 by Peters and Waterman for McKinsey & Co., a New York City-based management-consulting firm. After studying 43 model U.S. companies, the authors found that among other things, excellent firms stay close to their customers, encourage innovative ideas from rank-and-file employees, and experiment constantly to improve their products and services. Notes Waterman: "Our book was saying, 'Look, America, you're not so bad after all. Indeed, you've got some companies that are doing just great.' People were anxious to hear that...