Word: horizons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Even so, Lonergan's influence has begun to spread beyond the seminary. He has widened the horizon of some of the best priestly minds of this generation. He has even made converts on the faculty of the Greg, and one doctoral student there says: "Not since Robert Bellarmine have so many been influenced by one Roman thinker." But if Lonergan does turn out to be one of the memorable shapers of Christian thought, it will take another generation of thinkers exploring his insights to prove it. As another of his students puts it: "He's still 38 years...
...there are days when Makaha is no wilder than Waikiki-as 441 contestants from as far away as Peru and South Africa found out when they converged on Makaha for the International Surfing Championships, the World Series of the sport. For five days anxious surfers vainly scanned the horizon: Finally, on the day before Christmas, 15-ft. waves began to crest off Makaha Point; competitors dashed for their "guns"-long, heavy (up to 40 Ibs.) boards for use in big surf-and 8,000 spectators jammed the beach to watch...
...Advisers grappled with a problem that deeply affects U.S. business: how to keep the economy expanding well into 1965. The council members-and many businessmen-are concerned about speculation that the economy is showing signs of age after its 45-month expansion, and that there is little on the horizon to keep it rising rapidly beyond next year's first half. Business psychology, after all, is an important ingredient in the advance, and no one wants to see it turn...
Emerging from his Texas talk with President Johnson last week, Defense Secretary McNamara purported to see some light on the horizon. "At last," he said, "we have a civilian government, a government that gives some indication of being able to develop a consensus among the hard groups in the nation and move the nation ahead to a more effective response to the Viet Cong guerrillas who are attacking and harassing the people ... So I think that today, compared to a month ago, we can look forward with greater confidence...
...admiral looked down at the smooth flow of men and machines and termed it "an incredibly complex, perfectly organized and flawless operation." It was not entirely flawless. Marine Lieut. Colonel James B. Ord, at an inland command post, noted a column of smoke twisting over pine trees on the horizon. Grumbled Ord: "Some damn fool started a forest fire. I hope they get it out quickly." Then his walkie-talkie man reported: "Two helicopters have collided and crashed." The H-34 choppers, carrying 22 men, had smashed together some 600 ft. above ground. One burst into flames...