Word: importance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pope was quoting the Apostle Paul, who in Ephesians 4:5-6 called on first-generation church congregations to overcome their internal divisions. In doing so, he enunciated an ecumenical policy of broad social import. Vatican analysts had already expected that this Pope from the East might seek to heal the 11th century break with the Eastern Orthodox churches more ardently than to mend the 16th century split-off of Protestantism. The Pope's sermon surveyed the centuries of missionary activity in present-day Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and, finally, Soviet Lithuania...
...shortly after Nabokov arrived in New York with his wife and young son. Nabokov had fled Hitler's Europe with little money and few possessions. Even his reputation as the literary star of the Russian emigration was left behind. Wilson did his best to import it. He talked up Nabokov, found him reviewing assignments, advised him about publishers and warned him that puns did not go over with American editors...
...Paso. In 90 cases involving heroin traffic, he gave out maximum sentences in 65 and never granted probation. He was often reversed and occasionally criticized for his rulings by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. On July 23 he was scheduled to preside over one of his most important trials, that of Las Vegas Gambler Jimmy Chagra, who has been charged with conspiracy to import and distribute thousands of pounds of marijuana and cocaine. His attorneys asked Wood to remove himself from the case, arguing that he was prejudiced, but the judge refused...
When it comes to protectionism, the sugar industry has been given some of the U.S.'s sweetest deals. For 40 years cane and beet growers were shielded by import quotas that not only helped keep domestic prices at twice the world level, but also fostered corruption and bribery and made Congressmen like the late Harold Cooley, Democratic chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, virtual Secretaries of State for Sugar...
When the Baltimore contingent moved to Kentucky, few other trainers offered Franklin mounts in races before the Kentucky Derby. To familiarize his inexperienced jockey with the tracks, Delp had to import a string of horses for Franklin to ride. Delp blasted Kentucky's horsy hierarchy for making such maneuvers necessary. "We're outsiders and these Kentucky hardboots aren't going to do a thing to help us. This is a cutthroat business, and there's always been a lot of jealousy because I came up through the ranks. But we don't need them. Ronnie...