Word: proclaimingly
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...deathbed after 37 years of autocratic rule, the state he leaves behind confronts the problem of political change. Spain's future is ostensibly in the hands of Juan Carlos de Borbon, designated by Franco as the next king and currently exercising interim powers. Though Juan Carlos's public speeches proclaim the perpetuation of Franco's one-party state, he has long been thought to favor some liberal reforms, such as easing censorship and permitting greater political participation. But whether Juan Carlos's liberal reputation is well-deserved or not, he will hardly make the crucial decisions on the limits...
...resolution been accepted in its original form, as a proposal by several African states to condemn apartheid and proclaim a "Decade for the Elimination of Racism," the United Nations might have been commended for achieving a long-sought goal. But the inclusion of the amendment defining Zionism as racism and its passage by an overwhelming majority of member states, not only defames the United Nations' name; as black leaders and church groups in this country have pointed out, it also hampers the U.N.'s ability to pursue its worthwhile goal of eradicating true racism throughout the world...
...Afternoonchronicles a small-time bank robbery that, as the titles proclaim, actually took place in New York three years ago. It was one of those suffocatingly sticky days in late August when, supposedly, dogs go mad and people lose control, no longer able to keep their secret passions on ice. Sonny (Al Pacino), a nervous bungler, tries to pull off a heist in half an hour, scrambling the job so badly that it becomes an all-day extravaganza...
...best foot forward in as clear and precise a manner as possible. In a quaint switch on that policy, these days the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. is offering a blend of self-abasement and mystification. Last week, A. & P. introduced the public to two men whose white aprons proclaim them to be Price and Pride. Price-hair parted down the middle, wire-rimmed glasses, collar pin-looks like a study in fiscal conservatism; Pride, bow-tied and portly, looks expansive. In print and on TV they humbly admit that the supermarket chain let them get separated ("Pride was forced...
...Christian thought and Scriptures and concluded that Christians have a spiritual mandate to struggle on the side of the downtrodden. Jesus himself, they point out, citing the fourth chapter of Luke, declared early in his public life that he had come "to preach good news to the poor . . . to proclaim release to the captives . . . to set at liberty those who are oppressed...