Word: path
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remove the spreading unease that some Americans feel about Western Europe and about the political future of West Germany. These doubts, together with the clear and probing questions as to whether American soldiers are still really welcome over here or whether our country wishes to proceed along a separate path between East and West, were what I encountered time and time again during my visit to Washington in March, in talks with politicians from both sides as well as with the man in the street. I consider it to be particularly dangerous that this insidious poisoning of West German-American...
...Papacy. In 1967 Pope Paul VI got to the heart of the matter: "The Pope, as we all know, is undoubtedly the gravest obstacle in the path of ecumenism." There are millions of Protestants-and not just in Britain-who staunchly oppose the very concept of the papal office. Even tolerant non-Catholics could not accept the papacy as it now operates. But there may be some basis in history for compromise. Before the llth century split, the Orthodox granted Rome's traditional primacy of honor within the entire church and its authority in settling disputes on appeal...
...Commonwealth's leading liberal politicians--Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 and former Gov. Michael S. Dukakis. Nominations for senator and governor were the first two items of business Saturday morning, and as expected, Kennedy and Dukakis won the respective honors without a hitch. But the path each took demonstrates the contrasts between the two politicians' careers and their positions in Massachusetts politics...
University administrators' freedom of action is similarly circumscribed in considering the social consequences of research, especially when the financing comes from its own funds. They "must walk a narrow path tightly bounded on one side by the requirements of academic freedom and on the other by the overriding responsibilities exercised as the principal source of research funds and the ultimate guardian of public welfare and safety...
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak did his best to assure Begin that Egypt will live by the terms of the peace treaty. "Peace is the path of the future, and it is our commitment to adhere to the Camp David agreement," he said in an hour-long speech to the People's Assembly on the day after the return of the Sinai. At the same time, Mubarak has left little doubt that he will gradually seek to repair the ties with the Arab world that were broken when his predecessor, Anwar Sadat, signed the treaty with Israel. Mubarak will probably...