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he Medical Termination of the summer adjournment Their he following note as to under the influence of tobacco, TPregnancy Bill, now the Lordships made two contro - TGeneral Grant’s attitude and whispered to me – when Abortion Act – one would agree versial but valuable amend - towards Catholicism is a little Butt was talking very pleasantly with its eloquent and able ments … The second restricted surprising, in view of the many under the influence of pertinacious opponent, Mr those “social” grounds for Catholics who served under him. something besides tobacco, and Norman St John-Stevas, that it abortion which doctors will [Sir Charles] Dilke in 1877, with his enormous … face is well to call a spade a spade – under the Act be called upon to when Grant was on a visit to assuming … the appearance of passed through all its remaining determine as though they were , asked whether he the harvest moon – “Is he a stages and received the Royal social workers or rather “social would like to meet [Isaac] Butt, Papist?” to which I replied Assent with not much ado. Yet engineers”. [It] gave expression the leader of the Irish Party: he “No”; whereupon Grant became behind the whimpering to the strong feeling that the said he should, but was very friendly to him. General Grant’s conclusion exploded a veritable measure is so vaguely drawn that silent all through dinner and chief weakness, unless that bomb of moral anarchy… Mr it has virtually enacted abortion until he had begun the second position be assigned to his David Steel’s measure started on demand. Last week the Lords of two big cigars. Then, as usual cigars, was his detestation of bad and was made worse. Before went back on both of them. with him, he began to thaw the Roman Catholics.

PUZZLES

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Across 10 11 18 “The Lord’s ----- of deliverance”, from Elisha’s last 7 ----- Christi, ‘table of Christ’, preserved in Nazareth R.C. church of words [2 Kings 13-17] (5) this name (5) 19 Church council convened to decide matters of doctrine, e.g. 8 Former student of school or university (7) 12 12 13 Whitby 664 (5)

10 St ------Borromeo, leading figure in the Counter-, 14 15 12 22 Avant-garde arts movement, leading figures included Ernst and feast day 4 November (7) Duchamp (4) 16 17 11 Former PM who entered the church (5) 12 Last Prime Minister to die in office (10) 18 19 16 Canopies over altars as with Bernini’s classic in St Peter’s Rome (10) 20 21 22 Please send your answers to: 20 Antonio -----, Catholic manager of Chelsea, won Premier League Crossword Competition 4 November in his first season (5) The Tablet, 1 King Street Cloisters, Clifton Walk, London W6 0GY. 23 25 24 21 Bishop of Amiens (d. 1115) feast day 8 November (7) Please include your full name, telephone number and email address, 23 Province of Japan and type of orange (7) and a mailing address. A copy of The : A Short History, by 24 An Italian cathedral particularly in Florence and Milan (5) Simon Yarrow (OUP), will go to the sender of the first correct entry 2 Native American people, many descendants Catholics (5) drawn at random on Friday 17 November. Down 3 St ---- of the Cross, founder of the Passionist Order (4) l The answers to this week’s puzzles and the crossword winner’s 1 A thin shoulder covering worn by priest beneath the chasuble (5) 4 ‘Our Lady of ------’ was invoked for the rescue of Christians name will appear in the 25 November issue. captured by Muslims [] (6) Solution to the 14 October crossword No. 579 5 Francisco de ------, Spanish painter (d. 1664) famous for his Across: 1 Shroud; 5 Heart; 8 Heavy; 9 Marxist; 10 Dahl; 11 Ontology; studies of religious figures (8) 13 Anglo; 14 Rioja; 19 Answered; 21 Acne; 23 Anxiety; 24 Nones; Win a copy of 6 A Spanish princess, notably the future Queen Isabella of Castile (7) 25 Mungo; 26 Loofah. Down: 2 Heathen; 3 Onyx; 4 Domini; The Saints: ! 3hort (istory 9 ‘The Second ------’, revival of the from Newman’s 5 Harmonic; 6 Amigo; 7 Tethys; 8 Hyde; 12 Alter Ego; 15 Jacinta; famous 1852 lecture (6) 16 Balaam; 17 Jekyll; 18 Sees; 20 Saxon; 22 Anno. 13 Name of two early (d. 536 and 955) (8) Winner: Hilary Heaton, of Sydney, Australia.

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