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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, MARCH 30, 1984
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his heart. A miracle happened in the winter of 1982--my husband
started coming to services with my two sons and me.
My husband's job takes him out of town for long stretches of
time, so he finds it difficult
to
observe the Sabbath.
I
feel sad
about this. I have brought this problem to God again, asking Him
to help my husband understand this test commandment of God. I
expect another miracle.
Mrs. A.S. (Midlothian, VA)
For the past thirteen years
I
have received envelopes with the
label printed with my name only, but last week an envelope was
enclosed in our member letter from Mr. Armstrong with both my
husband's and my name printed on the label. I just had to stand
and look at it for awhile. It was something
I
didn't know if I
would ever see, but miracles do happen. Seeing my husband's name
on that label is a result of a miracle
in
our lives.
He was
baptized last November. This is not only a new beginning in his
life, but also a new beginning in my life.
ON THE WORLD SCENE
Mrs. J.M. (Americus, GA)
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
ANOTHER COMMON MARKET SUMMIT FAILURE: BRITAIN'S
THATCHER CAST AS EUROPE'S "ODD WOMAN OUT
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The latest European summit in Brussels collapsed late on the night
of
March
20, amid mutual recrimination. Despite a reported near agreement, the ten
EEC
leaders left the Belgian (and Common Market} capital with no more than a
glimmer of hope that their four-year search for reform could be resumed,
let alone resolved. The TIMES of London reported in its March 23 edition:
President Mitterrand of France, who presided over the extra
ordinary two-day meeting, featuring hopes which dipped, soared,
and plummeted by turn, was bitter last night.
In a pointed,
though unspecific reference to [British Prime Minister Margaret]
Thatcher, he said he would pursue his forlorn task by calling
together the heads of
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all those countries which believe in re
launching the Community to reestablish it and give it back its
health.� Even� ominously, he referred throughout� close
of-summit press conference to� Community of nine countries.
Mrs. Thatcher, meanwhile, refused to take the blame for the
second ignominious Euro-summit collapse in four months.
She
insisted that Britain had been right to hold out for a permanent
reduction of its budget paymentsr the issue which, according to
the other nine, brought the meeting to its knees. Mrs. Thatcher
said:
"I
have no good news. We were very near an agreement, but
at the end we weren't able to close the gap. It is a great
pity.
II
Although Mrs. Thatcher evidently considered herself part of the
French President's next initiative, Britain's relations with the
Community� fast approaching� nadir.