Word: interpretive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...them said to be an American. At last they announced the solution: there would be no new Guardian at all, but a nine-man council of Hands at Haifa, titled "Hands of the Cause of God on Holy Land." The new body will have no power to interpret scripture...
...Everything would certainly have been much simpler if Shoghi Effendi had made a will," said a Hand from Paris when the meeting was over. But Bahais have hopes that they will not remain without scriptural interpretation too long. Founder Baha'u'llah decreed that when Bahaism was established in 57 countries, the world's Bahais were to elect a Universal House of Justice with power to make the faith's laws and interpret its teachings. The liberal, world-brotherhood Bahai religion is already rooted in 26 countries and, say its devotees, is spreading fast...
Guillen said that the poet was particularly difficult to interpret and understand, since he wrote "a very special poetry for the specialists...
...Williams is a thoroughly professional craftsman and has an obvious enthusiasm for Thomas. And surely none could be better qualified to interpret Thomas than his fellow Welshman. However, in a few places his interpretation is disappointing...
...been director of the Ford Foundation's behavioral sciences program, will consider the objectives, standards, and functions of the graduate schools in the American system of higher education. He will make a broad review of the history of graduate education and its institutions in order to locate and interpret major trends and active issues...