Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...assertion. It is a fable; it is a fantasy; and it is just as surely a comedy. Yet, like all the best comedy, it has a serious core. And although the play was aimed at children--and with unerring skill, it should be stated--he could not, being Shaw, avoid infusing it with plenty of substantial meat for the adult populace. Consequently, Androcles belongs to that select body of works to which that overused slogan "wonderful entertainment for the entire family" really does apply...
...Although many leading theologians, Catholics among them, are trying to avoid defining God at all, the Pope described him in highly anthropomorphic terms: "We believe in one only God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, creator of things visible, such as this world, of things invisible, such as the pure spirits which are also called angels...
...than it used to be (a recent Chevy commercial actually mentioned Ford by name). But it still remains indicative of a certain way of thinking by sponsors. With the exception of a few enlightened companies-among them Xerox, Hallmark, Bell Telephone and Western Electric-most advertisers still prefer to avoid controversial or specialinterest programs, and are happily led to the kind of show that provides the best frame for a sales pitch. Sometimes the frame and the picture merge completely, as when Clairol builds a beauty pageant around its commercials...
...SPOCK: "I deny that I was part of a conspiracy; I deny that I ever counseled anyone [to avoid the draft]; I feel that all the things that I have done are covered by the Free Speech guarantee of the First Amendment...
...priests and nuns to join the anti-government marches, and the Catholic clergy issued a statement declaring that "we hold just the principal complaints of our youth." Coming from Brazil's powerful Catholic church, the two moves were serious criticism of Costa's government. Anxious to avoid further violence and disturbed by some army officers critical of government inaction, Costa finally promised to name a "work group," including students, to draft improvements in the schools...