Word: tacked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...instance, are likely to object strongly to the new church's recognition of women clergy, while the Disciples of Christ, who have traditionally opposed a strong central authority, will probably want more congregational autonomy. But grass-roots criticism from the member churches themselves may take a different tack. Theological conservatives are likely to be far more disturbed by the proposal's secularistic definition of the church's mission than by the structural problems. As the drafters put it: "The affirmation of Christ's Lordship over creation, including the secular city, must be related to the real...
...pitchman's promise, many agency officials believe that some exaggeration and clutter are inevitable. BBDO's Maneloveg argues that exaggeration is a part of doing business and does no real wrong to the consumer. "Advertising," he says, "is what made America America." Taking a somewhat different tack, James Durfee, president of Carl Ally, Inc., believes that much advertising is gross, but that it often reflects the society it serves. Advertising could be improved, he says, if the agencies refused to knuckle under to insensitive advertisers who think that the only sell is the hard sell. The ad world...
...SAID BEFORE that the cult of personal ?cks is one of the most loathsome of current Car? ?ge developments. I stress that again as I tack ??al polemic onto this piece, because I'm trying ?w that there is something other than person ?le behind the next 15 inches of type. A corany man's resignation naturally smacks of ??d slinging and symbolic assassination; that is j?? problem with the issue. It has been left ?? to fester in the realm of personal slander, an?? needs to be considered on other grounds...
...with OBU over Harvard's internal construction projects. I am, of course, quite committed to the changes in policy you seek to bring about, although I think OBU should give Mr. Alexander a chance to make his recommendations. Events of December certainly compelled the University to take a new tack, and it has done...