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...APOLOCIZE to our readers for this naivete. When we checked with the embassies, we learned that the South Vietnamese Ambassador had never intended to speak; indeed, we were told by his appointment secretary that she had told Pasztor at the beginning of that week that the Ambassador would not appear. Checking further, we learned that the Royal Thai Ambassador to the United States had no knowledge of the Teach-In, and that his name did not resemble Anand Sandering Ham; later we learned that the scheduled speaker was Anand Panyarachun, Royal Thai Ambassador to Canada. And it is worth noting...
...astounded to read that the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species was a "great" event in science. Evolution is neither a science nor a history, but rather an antiChristian, anti-theistic way of thought. It is nothing more than a theory. TIME would lead the reader to assume it is a proven fact...
Subtitled "The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World," Percy's new novel is a rather abrupt departure from the past. The scene is the South. The time is the 1980s, when current polarizations have reached logical conclusions. If the reader's heart sinks upon being confronted with another futuristic novel, it must be said that Percy takes his projections with agreeable lightness. In Love in the Ruins, the population is split into small enclaves of like-minded dissidents: blacks v. whites, knotheads (conservatives) v. liberals. Even the Catholic Church...
...cover clip a personal fetish and an office joke. Business Editor Marshall Loeb, who has edited all of Church's cover stories, finds the writer's affection for the whimsical an asset. Says Loeb: "George has the ability to write stories geared to both the general reader and the specialist. He is one of those rare journalists who can handle a tough topic with a bright touch...
...sure they found her, her A's under one arm, the Reader's Digest article under the other arm, a persistent virginity between her two children and her two legs, her black patent size seven heels on her two feet, and her father's death through her heart...