Word: alterations
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...committee is unlikely, however, to alter the words of Charles Wesley, the 18th century patriarch of Methodist hymnody, even though some of his most durable lines lapse into military similes. Still to be determined is whether the new edition will retain the stern admonition of Charles' brother John, the founding ancestor of Methodism, which prefaces the current collection of hymns: "Sing them exactly as they are printed here, without altering or (a) mending them...
...significance is larger than that. He has restored the authority of the American presidency. He has given Americans an optimism, a pride in themselves and in their country that they have not possessed since the death of John Kennedy. And he is the first President since F.D.R. to alter the debate over what the role of government should be. As one keeps score in the art of the possible, that...
Although the Administration is aware of that scenario, it contends that both sides may continue to observe what Shultz called "a de facto form of mutual restraint." Nevertheless, Reagan maintains that only a dramatic change in Soviet behavior would cause him to alter his new stand. Could a significant turnaround in Soviet policy actually be on the horizon? "We do not expect that," says a U.S. official. "Not in compliance, not in modernization, not in negotiation...
...East Germans insisted that the policy was intended to crack down on suspected terrorists. The Western powers, however, concluded that the ploy was a new attempt by the Soviet-backed East Germans to alter the unique post-World War II status of Berlin. In the past, foreign diplomats entering or leaving the East sector of the city had only to flash a red identity card issued by the East Germans. By requiring passports rather than cards, the East Germans apparently hoped to establish that the Berlin Wall is an international border --in direct contravention of postwar agreements...
...engineer this dramatic transformation, Chirac named his longtime friend Edouard Balladur to be the Minister of Economy, Finance and Privatization. The most powerful Finance Minister in decades, Balladur, once a top aide to the late President Georges Pompidou, has been described by the French press as Chirac's alter...