Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President Reagan broke off a weekend golfing visit to Georgia. Emerging from his helicopter on the White House lawn, he clutched his wife Nancy's hand in his own and returned the salute of a young Marine. The President then declared, "I know there are no words to properly express our outrage and the outrage of all Americans at the despicable act. But I think we should all recognize that these deeds make so evident the bestial nature of those who would assume power if they could have their way and drive us out of that area." The U.S. must...
...With the approval of the Vatican, and with Americans taking the lead, Roman Catholic theologians are working with Lutherans and other Protestants to sift through the 16th century disputes and see whether the Protestant-Catholic split can some day be overcome. In a remarkable turnabout, Catholic scholars today express growing appreciation of Luther as a "father in the faith" and are willing to play down his excesses. According to a growing consensus, the great division need never have happened...
...reformer." Ecumenical-minded Catholic theologians have come to rank Luther in importance with Augustine and Aquinas. "No one who came after Luther could match him," says Father Peter Manns, a Catholic theologian in Mainz. "On the question of truth, Luther is a lifesaver for Christians." While Western Protestants still express embarrassment over Luther's anti-Jewish rantings or his skepticism about political clergy, Communist East Germany has turned him into a secular saint because of his influence on German culture. Party Boss Erich Honecker, head of the regime's Luther-jahr committee, is willing to downplay Luther...
Last summer, the Ed School ran a series of seminars geared towards current elementary and secondary school teachers, principals and superintendents. Public school officials came from all over the country to share information and to hear Ed School professors express their suggestions for adopting new programs...
...explaining that his play satirizing the inability of a radical group to get off the ground is not intended to come down hard on idealism of students or on the left. He points out that no politics are discussed on stage. Rather Kenney is criticizing the leaders inability to express these ideals and their tendency to "view bureaucracy as a Saviour...