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Man of power

Sir: 'Bless him,' writes Auberon Waugh, and, again, 'Bless his old heart . . .' One who, at other times, can be so stridently Christian should surely temper his malice—at least in public. He may

endanger the faith of others. Still, there may be some hope in this for poor, bumbling old Snow. He lacks now only the attention of that other noted Christian, M. Muggeridge, to be wholly blessed. With enemies like these has has little need of friends.