Word: stern
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...child must never be "desired or conceived as the product of an intervention of medical or biological techniques; that would be equivalent to reducing him to an object of scientific technology." With those stern words of admonition, the Vatican, acting with the full endorsement of Pope John Paul II, last week denounced virtually all the rapidly spreading methods of artificial procreation, deeming them to be violations of both the rights of man and the laws...
Within the Administration, a war of backbiting leaks broke out. Early in the week, a Rowland Evans and Robert Novak column reported that Vice President George Bush had given a stern admonition to Secretary of State George Shultz, a public opponent of the Iranian arms sales, to support President Reagan or resign; the source was widely believed to be Don Regan. The Washington Post then reported that last November Shultz had protested to the President that Casey was about to give false testimony to a congressional committee. After a sharp confrontation, the Post said, Shultz got Casey's testimony changed...
Perkins, football-player big and distinguished looking, has an immobile face that strikes many as stern. He says little but asks pointed questions. His interlocutors say that what impresses them most is his intensity. In his new post, Perkins has had unreported talks with dozens of black leaders, including Albertina Sisulu, co-president of the United Democratic Front, the largest antigovernment group, and Nthato Motlana, chairman of the Soweto Civic Association...
...hard-driven, over-sexed residents. In one of its most subtle political commentaries so far, the show depicts--from a variety of salacious angles--the hips of Robert "Spenser: for Hire" Urich's daughter, as she tries out for a Soviet ballet troop and earns an admonition from a stern Russian: the time has passed when "undisciplined gyrations were considered self-expression...
...says Conductor Dennis Russell Davies. "I have the feeling it is more brilliant than it was in the past, but I mean it positively, a spectacularly brilliant orchestral sound." Soprano Benita Valente, who sang there before and after the renovations, calls it a "little brighter, but glorious." Violinist Isaac Stern, president of Carnegie Hall and one of the leaders in the fight to save it from demolition in 1960, says, "What you hear now is this golden wash of sound, and at the same time there is clarity...