Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...religious toleration, he felt that "the rights of conscience in particular, if submitted to public definition, would be narrowed much more than they are likely ever to be by an assumed power." As time went on and civilization and its standards of justice progressed, society gradually would come closer and closer to true justice--which was "the end of government" and "the end of civil society...
...many ways he may have no need to. From his perspective, it is now for Americans to move closer to Rome. The papal pilgrimage did not bring reconciliation, and none could have been expected. But if it was to be judged as a clarification of the differences across the Atlantic, it achieved its goal. Lay Americans as well as bishops spoke eloquently to John Paul. "Your Holiness," implored Catholic Social Work Administrator Donna Hanson of Spokane, "I do not always feel that I am heard. In my cultural experience, questioning is generally not rebellion nor dissent." Such give-and-take...
WHEN SKYLAB'S orbit began to degenerate, everyone knew there could be only one outcome. As the satellite plunged closer and closer to Earth, it had to plow through denser and denser layers of the atmosphere; increasing drag reduced its velocity and increased the rate of its fall. Finally, too much of its momentum had been destroyed. The situation, literally, disintegrated...
Bloom makes the compelling point that the teaching of the classic texts holds a unique potential to bring students and professors closer. Classic works are the common intellectual property of all, teacher and student alike. Specialized academic study, in contrast, inevitably leaves students at an enormous and often stifling intellectual disadvantage to their professors. Anything which brings History department faculty closer to the student body is something to be welcomed...
Political turmoil is becoming a regular fact of life for Aquino. In the past six weeks, a Cabinet Secretary was assassinated, a general strike paralyzed major cities, and the bloody military uprising late last month came closer to unseating her than four previous attempts. Since that failed revolt, Aquino's leadership has come under severe question. Some 2,000 rebel soldiers remained at large, and bickering was mounting among her political supporters. Last week's mass resignation may have bought Aquino time to reorganize her government and recapture the sense of high expectation that marked her early months...