Word: unyieldingness
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The parade of women is equally fascinating. As Archbishop Cranmer puts it in the final segment: "There has been a great harvesting of queens in our time." While all of the actresses portraying Henry's sundry wives are extraordinarily good, there are two standouts in the series. Annette Crosbie...
As a onetime night school student who became a millionaire accountant, Stans has good reason for vigorously defending The System. But there is a growing doubt among corporate leaders that personable "Maury" Stans is prepared to recognize its deficiencies. And that is an equally important part of his job, especially...
The answer was not unexpected; more surprising was the vehemence with which Nixon threw away his options. He designated Treasury Secretary John Connally, a nominal Democrat, as "chief economic spokesman," a new title in the Administration. The tall, smooth Texan promptly became Nixon's no man. In the most...
The Israeli government's approach may indeed be too tough and hypercautious. But a TIME-Louis Harris poll indicates that this stance enjoys overwhelming support among Israelis. If any U.S., Soviet or Arab policymakers assume that there is a significant dove faction in Israel, they appear sorely mistaken. Harris...
No such unyielding orthodoxy runs through the seven essays in John T. Noonan Jr.'s ecumenical collection. The Morality of Abortion: Legal and Historical Perspectives (Harvard, $8.95). Noonan, a canon law expert, was widely praised for a historical study of contraception that demonstrated how Catholic teaching on the subject...