Word: generality
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...Diocesan seminaries -- all seminaries -- were difficult for blacks," he says with no apparent bitterness. In 1962 he was ordained in the Josephite order of priests, which was founded in the 19th century to serve blacks. Its leadership had always been white, but nine years later he became their vicar-general, or second-in-command, the first black to hold such an office in any religious order. Rome was noticing him. Marino was consecrated as a bishop in 1974 and assigned as an auxiliary in Washington. In 1985 he was elected secretary of the American bishops' national conference, a mark...
When TIME's editors chose Mikhail Gorbachev as 1987's Man of the Year, five correspondents traveled thousands of miles and filled scores of notebooks to piece together the biography of the Soviet leader. They interviewed dozens of the General Secretary's colleagues, onetime schoolmates, the handful of foreigners who had met him over the years and others who had encountered the former Privolnoye farm boy on his remarkable journey to the Kremlin's top job. As the correspondents filed their reports, Managing Editor Henry Muller was impressed with the amount of new information they had uncovered about Gorbachev...
...hotel and restaurant owners can testify, Ft. Lauderdale--and other points south--are always peaceful and quiet at this time of year. "We had to kick some guy out of our hotel last year because he was running through the hallways nude," recalls Edward Risbergs, general manager of the Riviera Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale...
...have the Justice Department cut back on civil rights cases it handled, reducing the enforcement and the effectiveness of laws that protect minorities such as Blacks, women, and the handicapped from various forms of discrimination. Just six months earlier, however, during his Senate confirmation hearing, then-Attorney General designate William French Smith specifically said he was committed to vigorous enforcement of civil rights laws and an extension of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights...
Only two years ago, Allison brought disgrace to the K-School when he unilaterally decided to award a public service medal to Attorney General Edwin Meese III. The fundraising episode shows that, once again, Allison has not taken responsibility for his actions. By setting up an internal review, Bok evaded the real issue--Allison should resign, or Bok should fire him, before he has another chance to embarrass the school and the University...