Word: minding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thousands of hasty and irresponsible critics around him, parliament and the press keep rebuffing him. As he moves ahead, he has to prove that each single step of his is well-founded and absolutely flawless. Actually an outstanding and particularly gifted person who has unusual and unexpected initiatives in mind hardly gets a chance to assert himself; from the very beginning, dozens of traps will be set out for him. Thus mediocrity triumphs with the excuse of restrictions imposed by democracy...
...understand the particularly Jewish outlook of the minor characters. So what, I planned to say, it doesn't matter because, you see, Levine is no mere ethnic, he talks about so many common experiences like pride and happiness, anyone can understand. The old Levy's Rye ad came to mind. You really don't have to be Jewish...
...small band of theorists who can follow Hawking's intricate equations say that they are complex, elegant and inspired. This is all the more remarkable because he is unable to write them down. He must remember them as they flash into his mind, a feat that his colleague Werner Israel says is equivalent to Mozart's having composed an entire symphony in his head...
Luciani is a man who is not afraid to change his mind. He kept a low profile at the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) and admitted afterward, "The part that caused me most problems was that on religious liberty. For years I had been teaching his [Vatican Cardinal Alfredo Otta-viani's] theories about law, according to which only the true Roman Catholic religion has rights. I convinced myself, however, that we had been wrong...
...same time, he is a complex man with an inquisitive mind. John Cardinal Wright, American head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy, predicted that Pope John Paul would be "a witty Pontiff who delights in combining love of literature with love of the words of God." Luciani, said Carlo Confalonieri, the 85-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals, is "a bishop who reflects a lot, writes well and speaks well. The church has chosen well...