Word: fussed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sense the whole episode was a tempest in a cappuccino cup stirred by an example taken out of context. But the fuss reflected secular fears that the Pope might be returning to a view once held by many Catholic theologians that sexual pleasure even in marriage is deeply suspect. That is far from the case. In sermons and writings John Paul has dealt extensively with marriage, and often places a remarkably unpontifical emphasis on matters of the flesh. The book of Genesis, the Pontiff once declared, shows "the pure value of the body...
...detached observer will justifiably wonder what all the fuss is about. Surely an enlightened, well-educated populace would want its own constitution, complete with a Bill of Rights and the principle of equality at its center. But a vast country with a heritage of regionalism does not easily succumb to more powerful federal government. The western provinces, newly-rich in oil, have long resented eastern industrial eities like Toronto, which for a long time held an inordinate piece of the economic pie. The Maritime provinces, traditionally the weakest economically, fear that greater centralization could jeopardize their already tenuous position...
...research of professors whose work is likely to produce a commercial profit, the work being carried out on University time and in University facilities. Mr. Steiner's "visit" to the Faculty Council was clearly to test the atmosphere and to introduce the plan with a minimum of fuss. Indeed, the University has already tried to sequester a major block of space in the new Biochemistry and Molecular Biology building for one of its prospective entrepreneurs. Fortunately the Department balked at giving one of its members such extraordinary status, but the campaign has only begun...
...times were changing. With The Moon Is Blue, the church had its reasons for the C rating-sex and innuendo-but the general public failed to understand the fuss over such a fluffy, flossy little comedy. Gradually, confidence in the film-office ratings eroded among Catholics...
...that life will be any easier, nor will there be so much laughter, but that the presidential contest is developing into a choice between distinctly different men and policies. "The issues will be ventilated," he claims. "It will be a good debate." He was looking beyond the current fuss over the TV debates, of course, and talking about the sort of struggle that is fun in the world of power. While a lot of Americans gaze with a certain despondency on the candidates, they continue to watch, mesmerized by the political drama...