Word: firmnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with Marcus in various business deals and a bakery-union official convicted during World War II of ration-stamp violations. Then there was Henry Fried, 68, a onetime (1955-57) member of the New York State commission of correction and currently president of S. T. Grand, Inc., the construction firm that was given the Jerome Park job by Marcus-without competitive bidding...
Growing Awareness. Displaying new self-confidence, the ex-colonels allowed the Greek press to print the King's statement*They were feeling good because their fears about being isolated from their NATO allies have proved to be ill-founded. Also, the latest evidence of their firm control of the country has caused reappraisals of the new Greek situation in many foreign capitals. Though no nation has recognized the new regime, most diplomats feel that recognition is not necessary anyhow, since the government has maintained at least a vestige of legitimacy by appointing a general and temporary regent and retaining...
...occupiers, the Israelis have sur prised the Arabs by treating them in a civilized, if firm, manner. They have, in return, won the Arabs' grudging toleration, if not their full cooperation...
...Spellman of New York refused to give his imprimatur; because Spellman said no, Herder and Herder was turned down by three other bishops - of Philadelphia, Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Harrisburg, Pa.-before getting approval from the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Since then, Herder has followed the lead of another Catholic firm, Sheed & Ward, in having its books printed in Vermont -for the sole reason that it can usual ly count on clearing them with open-minded Bishop Robert Joyce of Burlington...
...approval of Archbishop William E. Cousins to a notebook in which priests could record the dates and hours of Masses said -even though the volume consisted of blank pages. Under church law, an imprimatur may be granted by the diocese in which an author lives, or where the publishing firm is located, or where the book is actually printed. Since bishops and their censors vary considerably in openness to new ideas, publishers frequently have been forced to display diplomatic ingenuity in finding a prelate willing to approve a touchy book...