Word: traditionalists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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John Paul's traditionalist leanings find their most pointed expression in the Pope's continued refusal to consider the ordination of women as priests. The Vatican's argument is that if Christ had wanted women priests or bishops, Mary above all would have become one. On the other hand, John Paul does not argue that women must shun careers just because Mary was a homebody. Although the Pope lauds Mary for her submissiveness, it is in relation to God, not to male-dominated society...
...always been at his best in a crisis and predict that he will yet come up with a strong and effective stabilization program, maybe even this week when the Russian congress of people's deputies begins to meet. He had better not wait much longer; there are signs that traditionalist forces, which had been quiescent since the failed coup, are reviving. Official trade unions, which were bastions of the communist regime, rallied 50,000 people in Moscow last week to protest falling living standards. $ Their placards carried a warning Yeltsin and his allies cannot afford to ignore...
...this was no nuclear abolitionist, no Jimmy Carter daring to dream about the "elimination of all nuclear weapons from this earth." Nor was it Ronald Reagan, putting his faith in a pure defense that would render nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete." Instead, it was classic George Bush, a traditionalist and pragmatist, striving for boldness without undermining a quality he values even more: prudence...
...Traditionalist graduate boards are yet another barrier to admitting women to the clubs. The alumni generally have control over the clubhouses, and so have the final word on any major policy questions. Needless to say, the alumni tend to be a bit less progressive than their progeny...
...innocent enough. Its themes of homesickness and patriotism clearly appealed to the conservative editors of the overseas edition of the People's Daily, where it appeared two weeks ago: "I miss my distant home/ Never will I give up my aspirations to serve my country." But hidden within these traditionalist sentiments, attributed to Zhu Haihong, a student studying in the U.S., was a subversive message. When the Chinese characters are read diagonally from upper right to lower left, a slap at the country's repressive and unpopular Premier becomes clear: Li Peng must step down to appease the people...