Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Instruction is not published as an infallible pronouncement but carries definitive authority as an exercise of the church's teaching power. The document, however, does more than insist that Catholics submit to its instructions; it also calls on governments to pass laws prohibiting a number of the controversial reproductive techniques. The Pope clearly expects his bishops to lobby for such statutes. The day after the text was published, the Italian bishops urged their nation's legislators to create a "legal order conforming to the needs of moral...
...World News Tonight with Peter Jennings -- fear they may be losing some of that hold. Besieged by budget cuts and competition, the news departments are going through a period of turmoil that is urgently forcing them to re-examine how they go about keeping Americans informed. Though most executives insist the quality of their flagship news programs will not be affected, many are not so sure. Says a CBS Evening News producer: "There comes a point when a worldwide newsgathering operation stops being a worldwide newsgathering operation...
...with John and no one else," says Schulz-Keil. "His way of making movies meshes perfectly with the subject matter. Both he and Joyce tell a story by giving everyday objects allegorical meaning, turning the everyday into the sublime." The decision to hire Anjelica and Tony, the producers insist, was theirs...
Even those who favored Deputy Director Robert Gates to succeed the ailing William Casey seem reconciled to Webster. "Anything is better than the current lack of direction," says a CIA official. Those who know the Judge well insist that he is the best man for the job, but for reasons that may not go down well with those agency types who are used to skirting the law to get things done. "They're bound to feel a little besieged at the CIA right now," said former Attorney General Griffin Bell, who recruited Webster for the FBI post. "The FBI felt...
...individual fiefdoms of the Evening News, Morning News, Nightwatch and the weekend news, and toss all staff members into a "net first" news pool. Producers, correspondents and technicians will be assigned to the next breaking story, no matter what its program destination; despite trepidations at Evening News, CBS executives insist the program will have first call on personnel. With this system, Stringer argues, "you can use all your resources at a single time. Everybody can charge when necessary...