Word: implementation
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John Paul II has never repudiated the legacy of John XXIII. On the contrary, no senior prelate had taken more pains to implement the decisions of Vatican II in his archdiocese than Wojtyla. Moreover, he had worked very closely with Paul VI, to whose memory he has remained conspicuously loyal, in trying to enforce what the council had actually decided, as opposed to what the ultraliberals claimed it had decided. But coming as he did from a church that had been notably successful in maintaining congregations, recruiting clergy, building churches and enforcing discipline, he was appalled by what was happening...
Firms hire consulting companies such as CDI to give objective and innovative advice. The consulting firms send out teams of professionals to access the issues, formulate recommendations and sometimes even help implement the plan...
Given this commitment to Western Civilization, President Levin explained that the proposed plan to implement Bass's gift was rejected for the "practical, logistical and nonpolitical reason that it made inefficient use of our resources." With the plethora of courses already available, Levin reasons, new courses and faculty hires specifically for the study of Western Civilization would just be over-kill...
Stanford University's Faculty Senate recently approved a plan to implement a "no pass" grade, beginning in 1995-96. That will put an end to a period when students could withdraw from a class the day of the final and not have the grade appear on the transcript--much like cancelling an airplane reservation the day of the flight and not having to pay a cent...
Conservative faculty members stood by the traditional case study method and Socratic lecture format while liberal agitators, hired between the late '60s and mid '80s, demanded greater freedom to implement what was known as Critical Learning Studies (CLS). Harvard's highest offices resisted a number of appointments which would have diversified campus ideology. Fueled by pre-existing animosities between liberals and conservatives, opposition on hiring practices developed into personal and divisive debate which poisoned the atmosphere, inspired student demonstrations and long sit-ins, and compelled the first Black tenured professor, Derrick Bell, to leave the school in protest...