Word: informativeness
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...notion of Satan loses currency in the seminaries. Father Richard Rento of Clifton, N.J., who frequently speaks about Satanism among the young, first became involved when a 15-year-old student attempted suicide, saying he wanted to meet Satan. Explains the priest: "It has become my work to inform parents and children that Satanism is not a lark. It often means tragedy and death for the child and for others." In January 1988 a fixation upon Satan played a part in a New Jersey matricide-suicide case...
...Inform your family and friends that you have signed these documents. Give copies to those most likely to be contacted in case of an emergency...
...also offer to "inform readers of [the productions'] content." While underscoring your slant toward those who have not seen the production, this statement implies that a summary of "contents" is a substitue or supplement to actually seeing the performance. Plot summary, which takes up roughly a quarter of Adam Pachter's Endgame review, provides nothing more than theatrical Cliff's Notes, inadequate for readers who haven't seen the show, and redundant for those who have. If plot summary allowed you to understand two hours of performance, then drama would never have been invented, and Shakespeare would have been...
...example, like the Harvard Gazette, The Crimson reported that the University tested the drinking water and found it to be safe from potential carcinogens. But unlike the Gazette, we asked why Harvard did not inform students during the 16 months when the water wasn't safe...
...although Soto has more or less stopped talking about the matter of the test since the Herald editorial, he says he stands by his contention that if Frank has taken an AIDS test, he should inform the public of its results...