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That Word Liberty. Each Pope, as he receives the triple tiara at his coronation, is reminded: "Thou art the father of princes and of kings, Pontiff of the whole world." Far more than shrewd, blunt Pius XI, or ascetic, aristocratic Pius XII, Pope John did seem like a universal father, and his teaching voice reached not only 558 million Roman Catholics but all men. Two of his encyclicals may rank as classics, and they caught the imagination of many outside John's church. In Mater et Magistra (1961), he brought up to date the tradition of Catholic social teaching...
...spread to all parties. On the non-Gaullist side, possible candidates range from Antoine Pinay (at 71, he may be too old) to the last Premier of the Fourth Republic, Pierre Pflimlin, to the glib Radical spokesman, Maurice Faure. The Socialists have contenders in veteran Guy Mollet and the shrewd, affable mayor of Marseille. Gaston Defferre...
...means to achieve miracles for the whole Arab world." Schooled in England, he spent seven prodigious years as Kuwait's Secretary of State before resigning 18 months ago to take over a decrepit family business. Along with his diplomatic skills, Bader has also proved to be a shrewd businessman...
...Princess Gold, Princess Baba and Princess Pearl. At a glittering society wedding in 1933, Gold became Lady Inchcape, but Baba and Pearl were toasted in every pub when they were married: Baba to a wrestler, Pearl to a bandleader. Stockpiling Heads. Their father had little time for frivolity. A shrewd, self-effacing administrator, Sir Charles traveled to the far corners of his land persuading tribal chiefs to end their wars and forswear headhunting. When they protested that their enemies' heads were needed to propitiate the gods, the rajah ordered his English civil servants to stockpile mummified leftovers from previous...
Under the shrewd leadership of aging (70) Communist Boss Palmiro Togliatti, the Reds have always taken care to balance their ideology against the fact that Italy is a Catholic nation. At one time they backed the monarchy; nowadays they even favor the capitalist Common Market. As a nation, Italy is less than a century old; first under the monarchy, then through the long night of Fascism, the country has had little time to accustom itself to democracy. Thus, to many Italians, Communism-or at least their brand of it-does not appear the fearful specter that it does in many...