Word: reade
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Deeper Problem. When translated excerpts of the new catechism were first read to the Pope, his reaction was apparently tolerant and understanding. But since preparations had been made to publish it in six other countries, the Pontiff feared that widespread distribution would make it appear that the catechism had official Vatican approval. In June the Vatican insisted that all translations be suspended until they had been cleared by a special committee of six cardinals. Although the other foreign publishers are still awaiting clearance, French and U.S. publishers last week were going ahead, but were prepared to include any revisions...
...cares? "Sailing keeps you alive," says Chicago Psychiatrist Thaddeus Kostrubala, proud owner of a highly therapeutic 32-ft. cruising sloop. "It's a link with nature, with God, with the primeval. It touches your fantasy, your very wellspring. You have to read Conrad to really understand." For those who race, the motivation has a keener edge. "The sport is marvelously complex and terribly competitive," says Bill Parks. "It's a great challenge because there are so many variables: the wind, the weather, water conditions, other boats. You have to tune your boat, get the optimum performance...
...possibly next year. That will enable transactions to be recorded at a single data-processing center and eliminate the need for physically transferring securities each day. Another possibility, though still a long way off, is a standardized stock certificate that could carry magnetized data and be read by machine the way bank checks...
...word now usually appears in parentheses; passages of various sorts are indented; there are interruptions for long Dos Passos-like lists that, unlike her enumerations of the artifacts of camp, don't add up. Worst of all, there are dreams-long, logical un-dreamlike dreams that exhaust the read er even faster than they do Diddy. Yet for all its flights, most of the writing is conventional dialogue and ordinary continuity, with a few set-piece scenes that feebly attempt Nabokovian...
...reader who has not drowned in this think tank will be shown how to compose a sentence that ends with nine prepositions ("What did you bring the book that I do not wish to be read on to out of up from Down Under for?"). He will also be given the correct term for a 1 28th note in music (quasihemidemisemiquaver, or semi-hemidemisemiquaver). Good sport that he is, Borgmann asks his fans for suggestions. How about this: What is the significance of this series: 8, 14, 23, 28, 34, 42, 49, 57? Hint: any straphanger on the New York...