Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...those concerns go a long way toward explaining the tractability of the Vietnamese government toward its former foe. As Premier Dong expressed it in an hour-long interview with the Congressmen: "The wind is behind us" in promoting closer Hanoi-Washington ties. Earlier, Dong had told an interviewer: "We have no interest whatsoever in creating problems detrimental to our country's reconstruction...
Mormon ideals, however, do not promote warmth and intimacy between marital partners and offspring, despite "forced togetherness," nor do they encourage growth of the individual, open communication or independent thought. Since leaving the Mormon church, my own family is closer, more supportive, more optimistic, and happier as individual and independent human beings...
...miles or so away, Connecticut's Fairfieid County. Long famed as tony bedroom communities for high-paid commuters to the corporate canyons of New York City, such towns as Greenwich, Darien and Westport have become boardroom communities for many of those same bosses: they have brought their offices closer to their homes...
...final directive was released. It exemplified both the simplicity and the spirituality of the man. Paul left most of his modest possessions to the Holy See. He also made some requests. Referring to the ecumenical movement he did so much to foster, he urged: "The work of drawing closer to our separated brethren should continue with great understanding, with great patience, and with great love, but without deviating from the true Catholic doctrine." Regarding his own funeral, he asked, "Let it be as simple as possible ... The grave: I would like it to be in the real earth, with...
...major factor could be Italy's long-running political crisis. Communists control Rome and most of Italy's other major cities and are inching ever closer toward participation in the national government. For that reason, many analysts assume that a non-Italian is simply inconceivable. The crisis, however, cuts both ways. One American with Curial experience says that Italian bishops tell him that a non-Italian Pope is needed to shield the office from entanglement in no-win national disputes. Besides, remarks Jesuit James C. Carter (no kin), president of Loyola University of New Orleans, "the church is going...