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...about the inevitable triumph of "Coca-Cola capitalism." That complaint had a realistic edge: the soft- drink giant is based in Atlanta and strongly supported the hometown bid to the International Olympic Committee. Sensing a golden marketing opportunity, archrival Pepsi is suggesting to consumers in three losing cities -- Athens, Rome and Melbourne -- that they should register their displeasure at the checkout counter. In a newspaper advertisement in the Australian city, Pepsi declared, "If you don't like the I.O.C.'s choice, make your own." If this keeps up, the committee may have to introduce soda-can hurling as a gold...
After Mikhail Gorbachev met with Pope John Paul II in Rome last December, he gave tacit recognition to Ukrainian Catholics. They have since formed at least 1,600 parishes, many of them using formerly Catholic buildings seized from Orthodox congregations. Talks between the Catholics and the Moscow patriarchate over the property disputes have broken down twice this year...
Many educators who had lobbied strenuously with Rome to protect the status quo declared themselves satisfied with the result. Says the Rev. William Byron, president of Catholic University: "Nothing is being rammed down our throats." Because of antidiscrimination laws, the mandate for a majority of Catholic faculty will be "unenforceable," predicts Father Thomas Reese, a member of the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University. Vatican officials too say they aim at "flexibility," not demands imposed from on high...
London: William Mader, Anne Constable Paris: Frederick Ungeheuer, Christopher Redman, Margot Hornblower, Edward M. Gomez Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson, Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: John Borrell Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney Rome: Robert T. Zintl Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Seoul: David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Latin America: John Moody Mexico City: Laura Lopez...
ROWDY fans cheered wildly as they disembarked the train from Rome, many of them proudly waving the tricolored German flag. As I watched German soccer fans return from their country's World Cup victory, I came face to face with the transformation of the German psyche that German reunification is performing. German nationalism--feared and suppressed for 45 years--is now finding a legitimate voice...