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...Sword Disengaged. Liberal Catholics speculate that not more than ten of Spain's 60-odd bishops actively support Franco, but a majority see no alternative to Franco, and do not want an open break. Their aim seems to be, at most, to edge away a little, "to break down"-in the words of another lay appeal-"the identification between the sword and the cross." The more liberal were pressing the church to stand more boldly for change in Franco's unhappy Spain, quoting a private proverb of the Spanish peasant: "We Spaniards are always at the back...
...right of self-determination (in cases of revolution) to be accepted by the Communist world, repeal of the Connelly amendment by the United States, recognition of Red China, etc. Adjustments must be made by both the East and the West. Throughout his turbulent existence, man has lived by the sword. War, today is not considered a very serious undertaking when we openly pledge to sacrifice our youth in holding two small islands, for one dictator, against another. ("Freedom what crimes are committed in thy name") Man has reached a point in his evolution, where he must choose...
Doubtless the anti-bigot bigots will tar me for this. But I will plead only what the papacy has always claimed for itself: that "the Pope has two swords." The religious sword we fear not at all. It is that political sword that shakes...
Sculptor Crawford endowed his Armed Liberty with every cliche available-an olive branch, a wreath of wheat and laurel, the customary sword and shield. "These emblems are such.'' said he confidently, "as the mass of our people will easily understand." But somewhere along the line the olive branch was dropped, and for the head wreath Crawford substituted a liberty cap in a tribute to the freeing of the Phrygian slaves in ancient times. This was too much for Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. As a result, part of an eagle with a lot of feathers was scrunched...
Despite such simplicity of design, stage movements throughout most of The Ring were so statuesque that they suggested oratorio rather than opera. Realism was often ludicrously mixed with abstraction; when Mime helped to fashion a sword for Siegfried out of a magic potion, he matter-of-factly cracked two eggs into the potion as if following a recipe by Gayelord Hauser. Worst of all was the lighting, which was so murky that it came close to achieving Richard Wagner's stated ideal: "Now that I have created the in visible orchestra,* I would like to invent the invisible stage...