Holy fools
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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Holy fools. Figures who subvert prevailing orthodoxy and orthopraxis in order to point to the truth which lies beyond immediate conformity. The holy fool endeavours to express the insistence of all religions that detachment from the standards of the world is the
sine qua non of advance into truth. Holy fools are also an important part of the reversals which are characteristic of the liminal stage of
rites of passage. Thus the Lord of Misrule (also known as the Abbot of Misrule) was elected in medieval Christianity to preside over Christmas festivities, often at the Feast of Fools. This was held at the New Year, and was so insistent in its reversals that it was repeatedly attacked by the official Church, but the traditional insights linger on in the figure of the clown.
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3 PAN AM UNIONS GIVE CONCESSIONS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/13/1988; ; 418 words
; ...Financially troubled Pan Am Corp. yesterday said...from its five principal unions as part of a strategy...outside suitors. If the unions agreed to cut wages...reached accords with the unions representing pilots...attendants. Another union, the Teamsters, set...Feb. 11 against Pan ...
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Towers Financial, United Fire Insurance seek support of balance of Pan Am unions; Pritzker efforts seen as beneficial to Pan Am. (Pritzker Group)
PR Newswire; 11/19/1987; 699 words
; ...SUPPORT OF BALANCE OF PAN AM UNIONS; PRITZKER EFFORTS SEEN...effect of protecting Pan American shareholders." Hoffenberg...executive committee of Pan Am Corp.'s board of...support of the teamsters union I am vigorously proceeding...of the balance of the unions." /CONTACT: ...
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PAN AM UNIONS REACT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/23/1988; 323 words
; ...beleaguered airline company's unions. Some Pan Am unions, which recently...have threatened to strike Pan Am on Feb. 11 if they do...Airlines and also worked at American Airlines, was elected chairman by Pan Am's board Thursday in a...
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EASTERN, PAN AM UNIONS EYE A MERGER
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/18/1989; ; 700+ words
; Union leaders at Pan American World Airways and Eastern Airlines said they would...represents about 5,200 of 21,000 domestic employees of Pan Am Corp., an Eastern rival. Eastern and Pan Am spokesmen would not comment on the meeting, and...
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L.A. NEWSPAPER NAMES EDITOR PANEL PRAISES SMALL BUSINESSES VERSA-TECH JOINS CONSORTIUM MUSIC STORE FIRM HAS RECORD SALES PAN AM UNIONS SEEK BIDDER OFFER SENDS STOCK PRICE SOARING.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/5/1987; 700+ words
; ...January was 201. NEW YORK - Unions representing most employees at Pan American World Airways said Wednesday...notices to their 20,000 Pan Am members saying the action...years. RICHMOND, Va. - American Home Products said Wednesday...
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Pan Am Warns Unions It Might Auction Assets;Teamsters Cool to Airline's Push for Concessions
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/9/1988; ; 684 words
; Pan Am Corp. threatened...its three largest unions. In a letter to...to pare down Pan American World Airways would...Pan Am, said his union was not prepared...pattern to break the unions." Genoese said...agreement with its unions. Pan Am, which...flight attendants ...
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PAN AM UNION PROMISES A 'WAR'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/23/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...NEW YORK - Pan Am Corp. and the union representing 4,500 ground employees...that some customers have shunned Pan Am flights as a result of the...use disruptive tactics against Pan Am, which operates Pan American World Airways, a Northeast corridor...
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Pan Am Union Officials to Meet With Braniff on Concessions
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/11/1987; ; 592 words
; Pan American World Airways union officials are to...concessions from the unions for each of the next...the deal with the unions must be struck by...and ratified by the unions by Jan. 19. "Under...circumstances," said one union confidant who declined...
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PAN AM UNION SET TO STRIKE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/20/1988; 297 words
; ...Teamsters plan to strike Pan American World Airways tomorrow...new contract, but the union will receive little support...and clerical workers at Pan American. The airline...800 mechanics at the Pan Am Corp. unit, said it...
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Pan American union to develop proposal. (Pan American World Airways Inc.)
PR Newswire; 1/15/1991; 649 words
; PAN AMERICAN UNION TO DEVELOP PROPOSAL WASHINGTON...Capt. Charles Caudle, the Pan American World Airways pilot...Caudle, a Pan Am pilot and union representative, to discuss...of four of the five Pan Am unions and an offer by the unions...
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Pan-American Union
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
PAN-AMERICAN UNION PAN-AMERICAN UNION. The Pan-American Union was the secretariat...it was reorganized as the Union of American Republics with the Pan-American Union as its secretariat, it was moved to the new ...
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Pan American Union
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Pan American Union. The First International...designation “Pan American Union”...agencies such as the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (1902...the Inter‐American High Commission (1915...Cuba, in 1928, Latin Americans pressed for a statement...
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Pan-Africanism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...attended by the North American and West Indian black...London joined to form the Pan-African Federation...in Manchester the Sixth Pan-African Congress, which...United States of Africa. Pan-Africanism as an intergovernmental...emerged, including: the Union of African States (1960...
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Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...compelled the merger of Pan Am and its biggest airmail...Buenos Aires airlines. The union doubled Pan Am ’ s fleet...extremely lucrative South American East Coast airmail contract...business and promoted Pan Am to the world ’...
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Pan-Germanism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pan-Germanism German nationalist...doctrine aiming at the union of all German-speaking...peoples under German rule. Pan-Germanists considered...Germans, and German-Americans were linked by a blood...Alldeutscher Verbund (Pan-German League) was...
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