Word: betrayal
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...this set of beliefs, then it is a matter of honesty to declare this and draw the consequences." If a theologian needs prodding to come to that realization, Ratzinger is happy to prod. And if this means many church members must drop out, so be it. Does this not betray his past? "I see no break in my views as a theologian," he says. "It is absolute nonsense to say Vatican II left it up to the individual to decide which religious ideas he would adopt and which he would not." As a participant in the council, "I would...
Genet emerges as a difficult personality, to say the least. Politically irresponsible and personally prickly, he made his life a tribute to the virtues of treachery, deceit and inconsistency. This singularity is best expressed in his remark, "I had to work hard to betray my friends, but in the end it was worth it." White's book effectively presents the man expressed in that sentiment--the almost monastic attention to artistic craft, the lonely pride in being irreducibly different...
...enthusiasms sometimes betray him. He wastes time, for instance, trying to discredit the Bush campaign in a gambit that does not pan out. On the other hand, his laughing ferocity in defense of the candidate when he is attacked on issues Carville regards as diversionary and his confident contempt for his opponents are inspirational. He may not be charismatic in the usual sense of the word, but you can see him hypnotizing the staff. And smooth, soft-voiced George Stephanopoulos, the campaign's director of communications, whose idea of cutting loose is to blow bubble gum while...
Political magazines have presented this strategy as an insidious plot, a secret infiltration that Americans won't detect until it's too late. The doomsday articles only betray the media's unmistakable bias against the far right. Independent of ideology and policy goals, the grass-roots network is excellent politics...
...signed agreement with the P.L.O. should help Israel negotiate pacts with other Arab states, giving peace a broader dimension. The excuse many Arab governments gave for hostility to Israel was that they could not betray the Palestinian cause. Now that excuse is gone, and the other Arab states must decide whether to jump on the peace bandwagon or be left behind. Jordan and Israel have already worked out the principles of an agreement that both sides want to sign as soon as possible. Without benefit of a formal treaty, the two countries cooperate on matters like sharing the waters...