Word: relentlessness
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...Catholic translation of the Old and New Testaments produced in the U.S., and was based entirely upon Hebrew and Greek manuscripts rather than the traditional Latin text. Those features were especially important to scholars. Among many ordinary churchgoers, however, the NAB was noteworthy for a less felicitous reason: its relentless lack of style. As a brochure by the New Testament editor, Father Gerard S. Sloyan of Temple University, bluntly explained, "If this translation has a fault it is not that of obscurity, rather of a clarity which says what the text says, neither more nor less -- plain, unvarnished and direct...
...cute movie robot. Instead, Malkovich invests him with a preternatural smoothness. His character is equally subtle. It may be based on the wise-child conventions on which the typical sci-fi robot is modeled. But Malkovich informs and energizes his performance with the deadpan bravery, the relentless will, the invincible ignorance and the infinite need to give and receive love that all parents observe as their offspring pass through the infamously terrible twos...
...become an active contender. Bob Strauss, the former national chairman and a man well suited to wield the kingmaker's mace, thinks Nunn could pull off a variation of the turn-to scenarios. He could announce later this year that his tasks as Armed Services Committee chairman prevent relentless campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire, but that he will launch a national candidacy in time for the Southern round of primaries on March 8. This could succeed, Strauss speculates, because the earliest contests might yield a "dog's dinner result" -- a lot of scraps and leftovers -- for the present pack...
...week began. The moderate Shi'ite Amal militia blamed the blast on the Palestine Liberation Organization, which was driven out of Beirut during the 1982 Israeli invasion, and is now trying to make a comeback. Battles raged throughout the week between Amal militiamen and Palestinian fighters. In Beirut a relentless Amal blockade of Palestinian camps forced thousands of starving residents to adopt extreme measures to feed themselves (see box). In southern Lebanon, Israeli warplanes struck Palestinian guerrilla bases outside the port of Sidon...
Although his rhetoric can inspire, Cuomo must now show that his message can sell. His vague vision of the nation-as-strikes some as mushy old liberalism. Notoriously thin-skinned and confrontational with critics, he will have to learn to endure the endless fleabites that come from relentless questioning on the campaign trail. But unlike other potential candidates, Cuomo does not need to scrounge for attention; he is sure to draw crowds, and reporters will trail him like stardust wherever he goes. He has a $4.5 million war chest left over from his landslide re-election and an aura that...