Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Macleish preferred sending a personal message to the Nepalese government rather than voicing his opinion as part of a large group, he said yesterday...
There is one gesture of Obi-Wan's, however, that he still regrets. When the planet Alderaan blows up, Obi-Wan reels backward and clutches his forehead, an unpardonable cliché in Guinness's opinion. "I still go hot and cold when I think of that scene," he confesses. During those awkward moments, he has at least one consolation: his 2¼% of the film's profits...
George Bernard Shaw, who had an opinion about everything, wrote that the subject of religion is "the only one that capable people really care for." Our readers certainly do: our mail shows consistently that they have strong, informed views on religion. This week's cover story, "The Evangelicals," concerns the fastest-growing religious movement in the U.S. today. For Religion Editor Richard N. Ostling, the assignment involved an unusual degree of personal engagement, because he is an Evan gelical. "Being religious gives you a basic interest," says Ostling. "But you have to be objective, which in my case means...
...answer to your reporter's question about the TV networks' role in the Sadat-Begin talks: I stated that my perception of ABC's coverage of the story, which while not as dramatic, powerful, extensive or impactful as CBS's, was earlier and in our opinion certainly as decisive in bringing about the meetings. I willingly credited Walter Cronkite with a fantastic presentation and his usual high standard of journalism. I at no time accused him of trying to take credit. I said it was uncharacteristic of CBS News to project itself into a story...
...independence," BophuthaTswana (literally meaning "that which binds the Tswana") is not recognized by any country in the world except South Africa and another homeland, Transkei, which became independent last year. BophuthaTswana's creation was opposed not only by many South African blacks but also by much of world opinion. United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim last week said that he "strongly deplored" the establishment of "another so-called independent tribal homeland in pursuance of the discredited policies of apartheid...