Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though not drawing back from a quick and blunt attack on the "scourge of abortion," which is legal in Britain, the Pope invoked the need for a "renewed search for Christian unity" and spoke directly to Catholics who are married to non-Catholics. Mixed marriages create "special difficulties," he said, but "you live in your marriage the hopes and difficulties of the path to Christian unity." It was an arresting juxtaposition of elements; no one in the papal party, or in the British hierarchy, had ever before heard the Pontiff put the matter quite this...
...perceived by those people who know him as a real political operative," who may tend to ride roughshod over a younger colleague's argument, says one political ally. "He's very quick and sometimes people mistake that for arrogance," he adds...
Though the changes entail reduction in class meetings and reading, officials were quick to point out that the Masters of Business Administration program would not be easier. "These changes have been misinterpreted," said Piper. "We're not reducing the workload...
Though numerous other examples of the CSIA's ties to government exist. Nacht and Doty are quick to point out that links between university-based research centers and specific policies are often difficult to identify. They nonetheless remain strong advocates of studying nuclear issues in an academic setting...
Whatever they favor, educators are quick to credit Washington's ominous doings with one benefit. They have focused attention on massive aid programs which--though growing at a furious rate for the last 20 years--had never before been subjected to the kind of philosophical scrutiny that its defenders have recently had to summon...