Word: invalidism
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Glemp branded as "unethical" and "invalid" the government's demands that Poles sign loyalty oaths and renounce their membership in the suspended Solidarity union federation. He deplored the deaths of workers killed in clashes with troops-17, according to authorities, although unofficial estimates range as high as 200. Glemp also condemned the prolonged internment of thousands of workers and intellectuals who had been rounded up in the crackdown. Said he: "We would not like to see a society divided into the authorities, who order and coerce, and subjects, who are silent and who hate...
...lesser extent artists on Broadway and off, prove that it can make vital theater. The challenge ahead is to reconcile these opposites, and to do it on Broadway. "Broadway at its best gives the best people the resources to do their best," says Prince. The Fabulous Invalid cannot be killed off by an overdose of mediocrity; it can be rehabilitated by frequent injections of imagination and daring. As long as someone has a story to tell or a song to sing, and as long as someone else is willing to sit down and listen?for two hours...
...Harvard aggravated the tension. In mid-October, a preliminary report on Harvard admissions prepared by an assistant to Bok was disclosed. The report said that high test scores often overpredict the academic performance of women and minorities at schools like Harvard, a finding which Third World students called "invalid" and "racist." In early November, the president of the Black Students Association, Lydia P. Jackson '82, received a death and rape threat from an as yet undetermined caller warning her to refrain from "political activities...
...fluctuating health bulletins from Gemelli, before the operation, prompted speculation in the press that John Paul might do the unthinkable and abdicate, rather than limp along as a semi-invalid Pope confining his actions to the minutiae of the Vatican bureaucracy. There had even been talk of a new papal conclave. This time around, the early favored papabili were Italians who have reputations as seasoned administrators. One was Casaroli, a moderate who has gained exposure as John Paul's loyal second in command. The other: Giovanni Benelli, 60, the conservative, often abrasive Archbishop of Florence, who was runner...
...with results that only benefit the charlatans who run them. Other chapters examine UFOs, especially the Hollywood variety, take a deadpan look at some of the tainted fathers of such contemporary fads as biorhythms and faith healing, and show why so many of the latest claims of E.S.P. are invalid or fraudulent...