Word: focusing
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...autonomous Romanian Orthodox Church, historically a focus for national identity, is allowed a privileged if not official role in the State: in return, the Patriarch and his fellow bishops acknowledge their part in "building up Socialism," and confine their interests to liturgical and non-political activity. The regime remains one of the tightest and most Stalinist in the Communist world--and it is there that the trade-off lies...
With 90 per cent of Poles practising Catholics (more young people are going into the priesthood than ever before, and the vitality of religion is underlined by huge outdoor folk Masses and an incredible number of new church buildings), the Church's traditional role as a focus for national sentiment is being linked with that of a natural and legal focus for an alternative structure of allegiance to that of the Communist Party. While the pulpit remains uncensored, though priests sign human rights petitions and the Primate and his fellow bishops criticize the government on social issues, the regime...
...bothered to take away when she left. It had proliferated; many little offshoots were now hanging down until they dangled over the radiator." Perceptions noted, then brushed aside, only to return again, create the underlying rhythm of their days, until Marcia's mental backslide brings a sharper focus. Pym charts the courses of these blameless lives, informing them with a wise, rueful compassion that is all too rare in contemporary fiction...
...stressed however, the greater importance he places on the upcoming review of graduate education. "I understand that students want to discuss problems with their immediate day to day life, but as dean, I feel a responsibility to focus on the longer range issues," he said...
Dean Rosovsky is now conducting a personal review of graduate education, which he will present to the Faculty Council in November. Rosovsky has said the review will focus on a philosophical re-evaluation of the role of graduate education in a changing society...