Word: statements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...game works like this: the president makes a statement mindboggling in its stupidity or wanders down the misty lane of his memory before the White House press corps and appears senile. Immediately reports of the president's failing health and his incapacity to lead the country surface in the nation's newspapers. The president is kept in hiding just long enough for every American to conjure up a picture of Reagan as an old man lost in his anecdotage...
...theological experts, the text contained no major surprises, since there has been a long development of consistent papal teaching on reproductive technology. But the statement is dramatic because it collects points from scattered pontifical addresses and other church pronouncements into a strong, coherent policy about medical techniques that have become widespread...
...this point some Catholic theologians question the Instruction. Notable among them is Jesuit Father Richard McCormick of the University of Notre Dame, who thinks the in vitro passage is the "weakest part" of the entire statement. In his view "the child should be the product of a loving act. That doesn't necessarily translate as a result of an act of sexual intercourse." McCormick agrees that the "unitive" and "procreative" spheres need not be combined in every act of a married couple...
...Kennedys released this statement about their separation: "Dear Friends and Colleagues: We have decide to end our marriage, though not our enduring friendship for one another. We know we can both count on you for help in managing the transition gracefully and in retaining our closeness to you and to the Stanford family...
...district attorney's office has not made any statement about the alcohol charges, the spokesman said, adding that she did not know when any decision will be made...