Word: approached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...telephone interview, Friday, former head of the University of North Carolina, said, "It's a very different approach. We take our share of responsibility, and we are trying to speak out not only as people who have spenttheir lives in the [education] field, but ascitizens...
When the Crimson visited Providence Saturday to face the top-ranked team in New England, it followed a similar approach. This time, Harvard scored, but the final result--a Friar victory--was the same...
...realized that it was a crutch. What brought it home was when another comedian said to me, 'If you changed color tomorrow, you wouldn't have any material.' He meant it as a put-down, but I took it as a challenge." Ever since, a color-blind approach has been a basic tenet of Cosby's comedy philosophy: "I don't think you can bring the races together by joking about the differences between them. I'd rather talk about the similarities, about what's universal in their experiences...
...words took on an electric intensity when he answered San Francisco Archbishop John Quinn's general observations about troublesome moral issues, notably birth control, homosexuality and abortion. The Pope unleashed a vigorous defense of the Magisterium (the church's teaching authority), firmly rejecting the pick-and- choose approach toward church doctrine among many lay U.S. Catholics. "It is sometimes claimed," intoned the Holy Father, "that dissent from the Magisterium is totally compatible with being a 'good Catholic' and poses no obstacle to the reception of the sacraments. This is a grave error that challenges the teaching office of the bishops...
...unidentified Iranian hovercraft closed within one mile or so of an American frigate that was towing the crippled Iran Ajr on Tuesday afternoon, the Defense Department said, and stopped its approach only after warning shots were fired across...