Word: method
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...birth control. A majority of the commission, headed by seven cardinals, proposed that the church take a new tack in its theology of marriage that would sidestep the natural-law approach of Pius XI and Pius XII. Under their norms, any means of birth control apart from the rhythm method and sexual abstinence was said to violate God's inflexible rules for human behavior by frustrating the principal purpose of the sex act, procreation...
...commission majority recommended that couples be allowed to use any method of contraception, provided that they had a good reason in conscience to practice birth control and were not evading the demands of responsible parenthood. By this standard, which is close to present-day Protestant moral teaching, the reason for practicing birth control, rather than the means, would become the key point: a couple who used rhythm to avoid having a child for selfish reasons might be judged guilty...
...Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Spain's cause won moral support two years ago from the United Nations' committee on colonialism, which bade the British negotiate. Bowing, the British finally agreed to hear out the Spanish, then found a way to further stall the proceedings. The method Britain chose was to propose that the matter be referred to the International Court of Justice at The Hague for settlement...
...wrong," the distinguished physiologist admitted to the American Heart Association meeting in Manhattan. But if he was right, Dr. Henry A. Schroeder had not only provided an explanation for millions of hitherto inexplicable cases of high blood pressure; he had also suggested a possible method of treatment. Dr. Schroeder had also pointed out a mechanism by which diabetes may develop in adult Americans, and he had outlined an approach to prevention of the disease...
Prepared last year by a special subcommittee, the report calls for streamlining the curriculum to allow students more time for elective courses. The subcommittee also asks for more interdepartmental teaching, and for reduced emphasis on the lecture as a method of instruction...