Word: borrower
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Similar diplomatic considerations may have played a role in the publication in early September of a 36-page Ratzinger "instruction" on liberation theology, castigating those forms of the doctrine that "uncritically borrow Marxist ideas." The report promised a companion document that would deal with the "great richness" of the theme of liberation for church life and doctrine. The study has not yet appeared, and Rome has reportedly found the subject more complex than initially expected...
...disguise rather than illuminate the critical uncertainties. Facing such circumstances, Royal Dutch/Shell has scrapped the notion of forecasting in favor of scenarios as a basis for evaluating the future. And unlike most other large firms which tried scenario planning, Shell has made it work successfully. I would like to borrow from their scheme to consider the prospects for the second term of the Reagan Administration...
...jazz evolved, it continued to borrow heavily on Cuban forms, and in turn Cuban-born musicians such as the late, great Machito, who had played traditional Afro-Cuban popular music as well as jazz, migrated north and began combining Cuban rhythms such as the mambo, guaracha, and son montuno with jazz instrumentation and arranging techniques...
...outrageous? I'd like the complete 250 volumes of the Loeb Classical Library. I already have two or three," says The Rev, Peter J. Gomes, Minister in Memorial Church and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals. Padre, you're welcome to come borrow I he Crimson's I oeb volumes anytime And advice for Santa: "I suppose I'd give everybody a copy of Miss Manners's new book...
Many special favors go far beyond the usual borders of banking. Customers at Houston's Medical Center Bank with at least $100,000 in their accounts are welcome to borrow the company airplane, a six-passenger Navajo Chieftain. They are asked only to fill the gas tank. At a customer's request, the bank will dispatch its limousine or arrange for theater tickets. The bank, which is situated at the Texas Medical Center, decided in 1978 to devote itself entirely to doctors and other wealthy customers. Says Chairman Donald Neuenschwander: "You can't be all things...