Word: standpatism
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...Protestant." The loyal opposition at Vatican II is a group of prelates called progressives, liberals, autonomists or transalpinists. By whatever name, they stand for change, and thus oppose the standpat Italians of the Roman Curia...
...largest Christian church will be better prepared for the spiritual tasks of combatting Communism and materialism, and exploring the hope of union with other Christian bodies. Advocates of Catholic reform, the church's "liberals." have been worried by rumors that the council might be stalled by such standpat conservatives as the cardinals of the Curia and the bishops of Italy and Spain. "The Holy Ghost," warned one Irish cleric in Rome, "has his back up against the wall...
Ready for Take-Off. What Hesburgh inherited was a university ready for takeoff. Father Cavanaugh, a onetime Studebaker salesman who dreamed of a grown-up university, had sold the necessity of change not only to his conservative congregation but also to the standpat alumni. Money began to flow, buildings to rise. Though 80% of Notre Dame's 30,000 alumni have graduated since 1940, and few are rich, they have chipped in at the rate of $700,000 a year, may hit $1,000,000 this year-a considerable feat considering what they also give to parochial schools...
...launching his campaign, Nixon said, "We will be proud to run on our record. But we must not stop there. A record is something to build on, not to stand on. Standpat, hold-the-line thinking is not enough to meet the great challenges confronting the American people at home and abroad...
...lightning struck. Determined to exchange Sam King's standpat Republicanism for some of his own kind, President Eisenhower sent for Quinn, offered him the governorship. The young lawyer confessed his inexperience. Said Ike: "You are a fine, clean-cut young man. Now you do your best, and that will be the best thing for America...