Word: productive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Another product of the synod was a 17-page, issue-oriented document summing up its deliberations and proposals. Responding to a strong sentiment among the bishops, the Pope agreed to release it this week. The detailed document calls for improved teaching about Vatican II throughout the church, further study of the place of national bishops' conferences and a deepened commitment to the poor. One noteworthy proposal, endorsed by the Pope in his closing speech, was for a churchwide catechism, or compendium of teachings, issued under Vatican auspices to clear up confusion about the beliefs of Catholicism...
...Prime Minister selected the University of Chicago to deliver his remarks, he said, in order to "reach deep into the heartland" of America. In his 30-minute speech, Mulroney reported that Canada's economic renewal is well under way. "All the indicators--the gross national product forecasts, interest rates, inflation, housing starts, employment, capital investment--are improving, in some cases a wee bit better than the U.S," he said. "Most important, confidence is being rebuilt." To put its house in order, Mulroney reiterated, his government is firmly committed to reducing its $25.8 billion budget deficit. He recommended that...
...public. While cigarettes that are lower in nicotine content and filters were developed they didn't substantially reduce the risk to a similar extent that the soft drinks were reduced. A simple filter could be casually compared to light beer a way of diluting the strength of the product, but not to the point of reducing health risks. If the tobacco companies were actually acting on good faith, they would long ago have developed a better product...
...tobacco industry not find a necessity to reform their product? A distinet possibility is the nature of their product, that of creating addiction. The customers were addicted to the product and had no choice to change their habits. The consumer did not have the free will he had during the cola wars. Sure, soft drinks are addictive (through not nearly as addictive as cigarettes), but the soft drinks industry responded to this concern and came out with products which lacked caffeine. Regarding soft drinks, the consumer now has a choice for his consumption; regarding cigarettes, the consumer has no choice...
...cigarette industry has become self-centred about their own product while ignoring the needs of the consumers they serve. Only once they have become receptive to the American public, can they claim to have given the public its free will, and only then will they not be liable for their product. Mike Pahre...