Word: concernedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...commend you for bringing South Africa's apartheid policies before your readers; those policies are a matter of grave international concern. My Subcommittee on Africa has been holding hearings on United States-South African Relations since March. While we heard considerable testimony from a score of expert witnesses, and extended an invitation to American businessmen and financiers, none of the latter seemed to think it advisable to testify, which I regret...
Part of the N.R.A.'s membership drive to mark its 100th anniversary ("We're shooting for a million members") in 1971, the ads accurately describe F.D.R. as an N.R.A. member who shared the organization's concern for conservation and the proper use of firearms. What they neglect to mention, however, is that Roosevelt (one of seven U.S. presidents who have been shot at by would-be assassins), was a longtime advocate of strong gun laws. As Governor in 1932, F.D.R. vetoed two bills that attempted to emasculate New York's tough Sullivan Law, which remains...
Tears of Joy. What it might mean to China's friends or China's neighbors-from Moscow to Washington-was a matter of grave concern. The world's oldest continuous civilization has al ways proved an enigma to the rest of the world. In its current hysteria, China remains a puzzlement. The pieces of the puzzle began to fall into place last week in the nation's streets...
...emerge with a great tragic novel. The critics have been whooping it up in the Malamud salon for so long now that it seemed as if the author of The Fixer might be the man. In his new book, Bernard Malamud retains all the literary expertise and moral concern that has won him his deserved prominence. But he is not Jonah, despite the publisher's declaration that The Fixer is a "great" novel...
...refused to officiate at a special Mass celebrating the second anniversary of the coup because local army headquarters had demanded that he submit his sermon to censorship. In July, Dom Helder led 16 Northeastern bishops in a statement criticizing the regime for "injustices committed against the workers, whether they concern questions of salaries, pressure against class organization, or the innumerable transgressions of labor laws...