Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...diplomat points out that "not all the results are in yet on the Soviet gamble on the Horn." For one thing, the Ethiopian regime's loyalty to Moscow has yet to be deeply tested. Mengistu is a nationalist above all, and there may be some truth in his claim that he turned to Moscow partly because the U.S. would not sell him weapons. In any case, the Soviets can hardly escape the many reminders of how quickly allegiances can change on the Horn. The Ethiopian soldiers still wear American-supplied uniforms; their weapons, ammunition and even their slang...
...time." Küng's own paraphrase of the dogmas: God "was present, at work, speaking, acting and definitively revealing himself in Jesus. The ancient statements that the Son "preexisted" with the Father from eternity were meant merely to substantiate God's unique "call, offer and claim made known in and with Jesus...
...handle such new ideas. Father Jean Galot, a Christology expert at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University, fears that the essence of the faith is being challenged. Says he: "The basic question is this: Does the Church have an authentic teaching on Christology? It does. Hence theologians who claim to be representative of this Church must teach the authentic teaching of the Church...
...researchers investigated the claim of biorhythm supporters that a disproportionate number of accidents and disasters-perhaps 40% to 80%-occur on "critical" days that represent only 20% of a person's life. In fact, says the Hopkins team, of 205 serious or fatal highway accidents in Maryland in which the driver was legally culpable, only 20% occurred on critical days-just the proportion the scientists expected. Says Andrew Ahlgren, a University of Minnesota researcher who studies body rhythms: "I'm surprised the Hopkins team would even bother. Biorhythm theory is a silly numerological scheme that contradicts everything...
...days. Says a spokesman: "Frankly, I don't know if there's any truth to the biorhythm theory, but we think the program will promote safety awareness." Biorhythm proponents say that hundreds of companies use the charts, but an investigation by National Safety News found that the claim "appears to be widely exaggerated...