Word: themes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Based on a series of lectures for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. in 1961, Economist Ward's book is an evangelistic yet pragmatic argument that the developed nations must generously employ their scientific and economic resources to help the world's havenots. Johnson has repeatedly echoed the same theme...
Inevitably, Chief Parker's moralistic judgments make the newspapers. His favorite theme is that morality and respect for the law are the world's last hopes of survival in an era of ethical collapse that is leading only to socialism. As he puts it: "There has been a worldwide revolution against constituted authority. A police officer is the living, physical symbol of authority, and so it is against him that this resentment is frequently directed. It is hard for me to believe that our society can continue to violate all the fundamental rules of human conduct and expect...
...Erhard's maiden foray in his six-week election campaign began with an address in the nation's largest egg auction hall. There some 2,000 farmers and their families in the Saxon market town of Cloppenberg stood stolidly as the Chancellor launched into his basic campaign theme for 1965: the need to develop in West Germany a formierte Gesellschaft, meaning a well-ordered society, with equal restraint on government regimentation and private "stomach filling and greed." The Saxon farmers interrupted Erhard neither for catcalls nor clapping, but they chuckled each time he lit another Black Wisdom cigar...
...ROOM and A SLIGHT ACHE. Harold Pinter's opaque one-acters are skilled finger exercises on the theme of dread...
...dialogues have no common theme. The Catholic-Episcopal talks focused primarily on the sacraments-including the validity of Anglican baptism. With the Lutherans, discussion centered on how the two faiths interpret the Nicene Creed. Last week's meeting with the Presbyterians was intended primarily to settle on subjects for future talks, ended with the decision to explore reform and renewal within the two bodies. So far, of course, no issues have been resolved. But, adds Bishop Unterkoefler, "a bond of friendship and unity has been created that augurs well for our future meetings...