Word: petted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...debate on whether bishops shared ruling authority over the church with the Pope, the prelates overwhelmingly approved the democratic notion of collegiality. They narrowly voted to discuss the Virgin Mary in the schema on the church rather than as a separate item; giving special emphasis to Mary is a pet cause of the conservatives, but any major Marian pronouncement will disturb ecumenical discussion between the church and Protestants...
This warning against hasty rubber-stamp action was also sounded by the New York Daily News-which declared itself unable to see "why Congress should rush to pass various pet Kennedy bills"-the tax cut in particular. And some cartoonists (see cuts) took a more jaundiced view of how Administration bills would fare in Congress...
...Truant Pet. The Two Old Maids is a story about two aging sisters who live in shabby seclusion with their ancient housekeeper and a beloved pet-a mettlesome monkey named Tombo, who, "though a eunuch, was, after all, the male of the house." One day the Mother Superior of the neighboring convent brings alarming news: Tombo has been seen stealing into the chapel at night where he ate the consecrated hosts, tried to say Mass, and even urinated on the altar. It is clear to one sister that he must die. The old maids consult two priests, the older...
...bill now before the House. He also sanctioned the attempt by Rep. Richard Bolling (D.Mo,) to file a discharge petition that would extricate the bill from the hostile clutches of the Rules Committee, and its wily chairman Rep. Howard Smith (D-Va.) It is considered likely that Bolling will pet the 218 signatures he needs to bring the bill to the Boor, or will at least force Rep. Smith to grant a rule...
...Vietnamese lost their lives in the 17 hours of battle. As the afternoon wore on, one rebel bomber missed his target with a rocket that exploded on the building where a group of U.S. marines live; a hole blasted in the building merely freed one marine's pet boa constrictor...