Word: gladness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three two-minute rounds with former Light Heavyweight Champion José Torres on TV's Dick Cavett Show. After Mailer got his breath, Cavett brought up the subject of the brain damage boxers sustain in the ring compared with that of writers at the bar. Mailer was predictably glad to expound from experience. "The brain damage I suffered here just now," he said, "is far less than I suffer after a night of heavy drinking. My brain isn't as good as it was years ago, but I didn't do any boxing to speak of since...
Considering Celibacy. The Vatican, of course, was glad to promote that view. At his weekly audience, Pope Paul described his church as "tenaciously conservative. It is necessary to say this even if this word is not liked. But precisely because it is conservative, the church is always young. If it had changed all the time, it would have grown old." Meanwhile, a Page One commentary on the Synod in the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano was taking a swipe at "theological speculation," insisting that the "decisive word" comes "uniquely from the magisterium of the church...
...would have been glad to play on the artificial surface if we had known in advance," coach Bruce Munro said. But what was largely a bureaucratic oversight could add an emotional factor to today's contest...
...Since Professor Herrnstein didn't mention anything specific, I cannot reply other than to say that the tone of the article and the quotes used were entirely fair and accurate. If Professor Herrnstein would like to be specific I would be glad to answer him in detail. But I stand by the article and all the information contained in it. David Caploe
...Bush quite readily admits. For one thing, he has had to convince delegates that President Nixon was really serious about fighting to retain Taiwan's seat; many of them cynically assumed that the U.S. would go through the motions of fighting for Taiwan, but would be just as glad to be defeated. Bush, who has personally visited nearly 50 delegations to plug for the American plan, has made the U.S. point clear enough. Whether the representatives will vote the American way is quite another, and highly uncertain matter...