NEWS &
VIEWS
The Clergy Drain
Whatever additional evi-
dence is needed to document
the "hemorrhage" among
Catholic clergy is provided
in the current issue of Dias-
pora, newsletter...
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CORRESPOND.
ENCE
Vouching for Education
New York, N.Y.
To the Editors: Maurice R. Berube is
more enthusiastic about the voucher
plan than anything in his article [Jan.
29] justifies....
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HAYING IT BOTH WAYS
Another Earth Day observance is coming up, and its approach inevitably
invites assessment of the Administration's performance on what Mr. Nixon
himself defined as the "now...
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The Synod of
Small Expectations
There are some pretty tricky questions coming up at
the next Synod of bishops which will be held in the fall
of this year, but so far nobody seems to bother....
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OF
BUDGETS
& MEDIA
PETER STEINFELS
T ast February 20 the National Ur-
*"* ban Coalition presented a "Coun-
ter-Budget" for the United States.
That was not just an advertising...
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THE AIM * OF ABM
A serious obstacle to this nation's pursuit of worldwide peace and stability
PETER J. OGNIBENE
Those who had been hoping for a break in the arms
race had some of their...
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THE POLITICS OF
SUICIDE
Yukio Mishima and the spirit of Japan
RICHARD T. HALLORAN
SEVERAL YEARS ago, when the
Red Guards were rampaging
through the libraries and temples
of China,...
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IMPOSSIBLE
BEAUTY
Yukio Mishima, 1927-1970
MICHAEL GALLAGHER
Isao drew in his breath sharply and
shut his eyes as he ran his left hand
caressingly over his stomach. Grasping
his short...
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HEARTTHROB AND HEARTBURN
THE SCREEN
Love Story would be a good thing to give up for Lent,
or any other occasion. Unfortunately, it's too late for
me to enjoy this particular form of...
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HEARTTHROB AND HEARTBURN
BIRON WALKER
WO EASY REACH
Out at the end
of that thin skyward limb
no easy reach
glows
one
last
sun-sweet fruit
the hired pickers would not risk.
I...
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BOOKS
Is criminal justice a cop-out on justice itself?
Crime in America
RAMSEY CLARK
Simon & Schuster, $6.95
ISIDORE SILVER
As this review is being written, a six-
day strike by the...
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