Word: treaded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ordained in 1940, after a shortened course of studies, Father Herrera was appointed assistant pastor in one of the poorest sections of Santander. Here Don Angel, as his parishioners called him, saw at once how desperately Spain needed a socially conscious clergy. But though he did not fear to tread on this dangerous ground, Don Angel knew too much to rush in. Instead, he formed a small club called the Casa Sacerdotal. Priests came to the club, ostensibly to prepare their Sunday sermons. Actually they discussed world problems in terms of the most advanced Catholic social thinking. The nucleus...
...China. By war and sabotage they had prevented the resumption of normal life after China's liberation. Now the mere end of fighting'would bring a resumption of trade and a measure of (relative) prosperity. What would happen when Mao Tse-tung no longer needed to tread softly would be another-and a grimmer-story...
...centuries after his birth, David's place in art history was finally assured. He had lived through an age when history marched with a heavy and decisive tread, and he had stamped it with the mark of his genius and his will. His austere neo-classicism helped set the tone, and even the fashions of the First Republic and later of Napoleon's Empire...
...Office of Education has little to do with setting educational policies. Its main job is compiling bales of statistics. It also supervises the spending of federal funds by land-grant colleges and vocational schools, and sponsors an interminable round of education conferences. Its uniformly dull publications tread warily between the controversies. Most U.S. educators prefer it that...
Bulletproofed? The first tubeless, puncture-sealing automobile tire was put on the market. The tire, made by B. F. Goodrich Co., fits tightly enough to the rim to hold air. A gummy layer under the tread, similar to the material in bulletproof aircraft fuel tanks, instantly seals up punctures. Price: $21.95 for a standard-size (6.00 by 16) tire, slightly more than an ordinary tire & tube...