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Word: nepotist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Call to Greatness. Paul VI is neither inquisitor nor nepotist nor Renaissance prince. Yet he is a strange and complex man whom few have been able to define with precision. Italian Banker Vittorino Veronese, a former chief of Italy's Catholic Action movement, says that he has "such a very rich personality that he is impossible to classify." Paul's friends claim that he combines the learning and intellectuality of Pius with the openness and reforming spirit of John XXIII. Critics point out that he seems to share Pius' imperious ways with subordinates and lacks John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Papacy: The Path to Follow | 6/28/1963 | See Source »

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