Word: proclaimed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...transmitted to his followers in an oral tradition of Jesus' teachings, had a pristine simplicity. As Paul put it in II Corinthians, "God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself." But Paul himself, as much Greek as Jew, used a different and more powerful language to proclaim Christ than did Jesus' simple fishermen followers in Jerusalem. And the more Christianity escaped from its Palestinian setting into the broader Mediterranean world, the more it turned to non-Hebraic languages and concepts to convey its central truths...
...party system. In state after state, signs blazon forth the candidates' names, faces and slogans, but, often as not, neglect to mention, or note only in microscopic type, whether they are Democrats or Republicans (see billboards). "Whatever your party -he is your man," proclaim the posters of Iowa's John Kyi. "Vote Volpe-he does what he says" is the message in Massachusetts; "Milton Shapp, a man you can trust!" in Pennsylvania; "Sparkman best for Alabama" in the Yellowhammer state. Even Robert Taft Jr., son of "Mr. Republican." has signs that fail to mention that he, too, belongs...
...Objectivity. Of almost equal importance is the tyranny of advertisers. Though the newsmen, with good reason, proclaim their freedom, the sponsor's influence is still apparent. Commercials, the newsmen occasionally boast, are restricted to a small percentage of a news program's time, far less than the percentage of space given over to ads in successful newspapers. But it is also true that those commercials appear right in the middle of the electronic front page. Few newspapers give their advertisers such considerate treatment...
...Asian capital. Even Prince Sihanouk's Cambodia, which not so very long ago was trailing along after Peking, is now eyeing a safer seat on the fence. And it may not be too much to say that Red China's setbacks helped to encourage North Korea to proclaim its own path of independent Communism. Like others-and perhaps more than others-Asians favor the side of the winner, and, says Thailand's National Development Minister Pote Sarasin, "Everyone is now convinced that the future does not lie with the Communists...
Conflicting Signs. A trademark of the Red Guards has become the "big-character" wall posters, which are old newspapers on which Guards proclaim new attacks on "revisionists," denounce party members for un-Mao-like behavior, and record news of Guard activities in other cities...