Word: gradualism
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...Palmyra, N. Y., who founded the faith in 1830. In an interview, his first since the announcement, Kimball described it much more matter of factly to TIME Staff Writer Richard Ostling: "I spent a good deal of time in the temple alone, praying for guidance, and there was a gradual and general development of the whole program, in connection with the Apostles...
...financial difficulties plaguing a growing number of private institutions, according to the report, has been accompanied by gradual increases in enrollment at some of the schools, but the schools' ability to recruit top caliber students has apparently not been affected...
...work as a whole. Bodies be come landscape, human anatomy wavers into that of animal or plant, and the structure of flesh undergoes a sort of fossilization. Her aim is to recomplicate sculpture: to make objects that cannot be taken in at a glance, that demand thought and gradual digestion...
...possible to gain a few weeks' breathing space," said the paper. "But it will not be possible to ease American pressure or improve relations with Washington, which are at a distressingly low level." On the same theme, Post Columnist Meir Mer-hav predicted: "There will be a gradual disengagement, not between us and the Arabs, but between the U.S. and Israel. Formerly open doors will become closed, listening ears will turn deaf, and warm sympathy will become icy scrutiny...
...civil rights leaders of the '60s, Wilkins has preserved his image as a proponent of moderate means of attaining racial equality in the United State. One of the main organizers of the massive civil rights march of Washington in 1963, he led the NAACP along a path of gradual but continuing struggle through 12 years of turmoil--a moderate course that earned him the derision of many more militant black leaders, as well as the steadfast opposition of segregationists. The 77-year-old Wilkins, who retired from his post as executive director of the NAACP last year, also...