Word: cathedras
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...leaflet went on to say that the entire ROTC program "contains by virtue of its very purpose a substantial amount of propaganda and is therefore a threat to the University's high standards of objective scholarship." Could, or would, the Liberal Union say the same of the ex-cathedra remarks about the Eisenhower Administration made in class by any number of liberal professors...
...suspect, though, that in almost every case the cathedra from which these pronouncements have emanated has been an armchair in a professor's home; and, further, that the evaluation has rested almost wholly on the language of the play. It is perfectly true that, as poetry. Antony and Cleopatra is masterly--in fact, unsurpassed by any other work in the canon; but, as dramaturgy, it is a failure, albeit an instructive and fascinating one. Poorly constructed, it suffers from what those in the trade call "second-act slump...
...election of a Catholic unsophisticated in his faith. The church holds no binding political power over its members, nor does it enjoy impeccability in this sphere. Certainly an educated Catholic is aware of the narrow scope of the Pope's infallibility and of how seldom he speaks ex cathedra. A great concern of the truly enlightened electorate ought to be the possibility of a candidate lacking in religious convictions...
Cathedrals (which take their name from cathedra, a bishop's chair or throne) must go, said a bishop last week. Reno's Roman Catholic Bishop Robert J. Dwyer, who blasted Nevada's nightclub nudity last fortnight (TIME, Aug. 18), told a study group in Cincinnati that the concept underlying the cathedral has "lost its reference and validity for the age we live...
...language is his own judgment. Says he: "I have a pretty strong ear and I have confidence in it. During the writing of the book, I kept three hats handy. When I was in doubt, I clapped one or the other on my head and issued an opinion ex cathedra...