Word: steers
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...controversial stance on the theology of sexuality. In 1989 he delivered a lecture to Britain's Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement in which he stated: "If we are looking for a sexual ethic that can be seriously informed by our Bible, there is a good deal to steer us away from assuming that reproductive sex is a norm." He continued: "The absolute condemnation of same-sex relations of intimacy must rely either on an abstract fundamentalist deployment of a number of very ambiguous texts, or on a problematic and nonscriptural theory." As Archbishop of Wales he admitted knowingly ordaining...
...working with companies that specialize in the biomedical fields specifically, said Ashley Carlton, a communications representative for Nano-Terra. “[Professor Whitesides] has a proven track record with some of his biomedical companies,” Carlton said. She added that this track record may have helped steer Harvard to further license Whiteside’s lab’s developments. The research obtained from Whitesides’ lab will be developed through Nano-Terra’s existing relationships with large companies such as 3M and Merck KGaA, and with the U.S. government—specifically...
...immediate cause of the family rupture was Aliyev's recent public opposition to the constitutional amendment that gave his wife's father such power. Nazarbayev explained the move as necessary to steer new reform and designed to enhance democracy in the country. Few expect, however, that Nazarbayev will ever step down. Nor did Aliyev, who is married to Dariga, until recently the President's ideologist and confidante (the couple are the parents of Nuralli, Nazarbayev's 22-year-old grandson and the apple of his eye). Nevertheless, the would-be President for Life had grown to detest...
...answers to America's challenges in education, but in revising the law, Congress would do well to focus on the things the Federal Government can handle successfully and steer clear of long-distance micromanagement. A few suggestions...
...once a record high of 82 percent, now a low of 26 percent—out with the tide. But Blair has stuck to his beliefs, even when the public has grown impatient waiting for results, and history will remember him as a wise leader who tried to steer a reluctant populous onto the right course...