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CORRESPONDENCE Canada's better way Commerce, Tex. To the Editors: As one target of the Iowa doctor's criticism of Canada's national health-care system [Correspondence, April 8]--and...
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...April 8], may I point out that no sooner had Gerry Adams departed from the United States-having got the publicity he desired--than fire bombs rained down on Oxford Street and missiles were fired at planes landing at Heathrow and Gatwick...
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...To the Editors: In his otherwise thoughtful and nuanced review of Richard Schoenherr and Lawrence Young' s Full Pews and Emp~ Altars: Demographics of the Priest Shortage in United States Catholic Dioceses [March 11 ], Patrick H. McNamara makes the curious statement, "[A] few bishops did succeed in having the authors' funds cut off, thereby delaying publication for several years...
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...PATRICK McNAMARA Judge not An Eastern City To the Editors: Out of my own experience I would ask anyone who might respond negatively to the article by "Madelein Gray" ["Giving up the Gift," February 25] to leave judgment to God, who is alone able to read hearts...
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...further, that the United States Catholic Conference "ceased sponsorship of the study" following receipt of an interim report from the authors--a situation, one of them told McClory, that "left him and fellow researchers high and dry...
...I pray that God will grant you the opportunity and the grace and courage needed for sacramental reconciliation and to read an article twice but it's worth the the peace it would bring...
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...To the Editors: As one target of the Iowa doctor's criticism of Canada's national health-care system [Correspondence, April 8]--and because Americans in general are poorly informed about that system--I feel obliged to enter some corrections...
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...Your correspondent's intimation that doctors and hospitals in Canada are inferior to their American counterparts is contrary to the judgment of those who know best: Not only are Canadians in general highly pleased with their health care, but more than 80 percent of Canadian doctors give it high grades...
...To "Madelein Gray": I see the writing of this essay as a painful exercise in therapy and a plea for help to surmount the final hurdle...
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