Word: sways
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...while refusing to cross certain lines. "Flexibility keeps coming up" in Cardinals' statements, says Gibson. "Not compromise but flexibility." Finally, there are church positions that remain somewhat undefined, and the Cardinals' stance on such questions as how to apply the idea of the soul to biotechnological advances may help sway their colleagues...
Curial Cardinals have tremendous sway in Rome, where their diocese-running brethren are usually only visitors. But diocesan Cardinals will make up the vast preponderance of the electors. That (along with several other factors) is why many Roman sources tout the chances of Ratzinger, a master of the Curial as well as the doctrinal universe, but why non-Romans see him as a potential kingmaker but never the king...
Corriero plans to attend law school after graduating from Harvard. This season has done nothing short of fully preparing her for a legal career. After all, one important lesson in the legal world is that even the most convincing of arguments, supported by irrefutable evidence, does not always sway the jury to your cause...
Stressing that the new funds will be dispersed across the entire University—not just the College, as the termbill fee would have done—one of the referendum’s key supporters said that Summers’ announcement should not sway Gross’ decision...
...night. But, as significantly, students can commend the University for diligently laboring to recognize collegiate schedules as they are—not simply as parental instinct would have them be. The coming extension of library hours marks an important departure from the flawed paternalism that has sometimes held sway within University Hall. Deans, librarians, and administrators have taken the most important leap since 2 a.m. party hours towards recognizing and accommodating student realities...