Word: penchants
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Roman Catholic problem with the doctrine of transubstantiation has its roots deep in the penchant for defining every jot and tittle of the faith. The current reform is a healthy sign. Rome is trying with great success to return to unencrusted catholicity, and non-Romans must applaud its struggles with charity and hope. The prospects are very exciting for all Christians...
Young Pianos. A perfectionist with a penchant for turtleneck pullovers and gold-tipped Turkish cigarettes, Michelangeli has made only a few recordings because he has "never quite been satisfied with the quality of the sound." On tour he travels with his own Steinway ("Can you imagine Oistrakh playing with Stern's violin?") and personal piano tuner, 71-year-old Cesare Augustus Tallone. With a surgeon's knowledge of the piano's inner workings, Michelangeli treats his Steinway like a high-strung child, recently relinquished it to be overhauled, explaining: "It's still too young and hasn...
...wife quite pointedly gave $5,000,000 to Carnegie Tech, where students refer to Pitt's 42-story Cathedral of Learning as "The Height of Ignorance," and $2,000,000 to Duquesne. The Mellons are said to have soured on Litchfield's autocratic manner and his penchant for big-talk promotion. Litchfield announced in 1963, for example, a plan to roof over the 75-acre Panther Hollow as part of his Oakland redevelopment, and build an upside-down seven-level research and cultural center. Plans were later scaled down, and now are stalled...
...adviser to the President, so far has helped to beat down Martin's pressures for tougher, direct controls on capital exports. - Gardner Ackley, 49, the President's chief economist, has yet to achieve the influence that Walter Heller had, but he is a quiet technician with a penchant for anonymity that pleases Johnson. Ackley is a potent force because he has the President's ear, confers with him daily. In a report last week, he told the President that the U.S. economy is expanding faster than at any time in peacetime history, but that growth may slow...
With automobiles and yachts, ski weekends and Caribbean vacations, Americans spend more of their income (10%) on transportation than any other people. This $50-billion-a-year penchant for going places has created a healthy tail wind for the nation's airlines, which last year ticketed more passengers, carried more freight and made more money than ever before...