Word: worde
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Until now, most of the statements from the academic community about the war in Viet Nam have come from those on the protesting left. Last week 14 distinguished scholars, all experts on international affairs, issued a 6,700-word statement examining not only the U.S. involvement in Viet Nam but also the future of all Asia. They concluded that a Communist victory in Viet Nam would lead to a greater war later...
...role as Hero of the Revolution, Philby also revealed that he has written an 80,000-word manuscript "illuminating my position as a spy." So far, no London newspaper has dared buy his work: The Sunday Times, which was interested, was dissuaded by a threat of prosecution under the British government's Official Secrets Act. In view of the lack of buyers, Philby proposed to hand over his masterwork for free if the British would agree to release Peter and Helen Kroger, two convicted Soviet spies now serving 20-year terms in Wormwood Scrubs. His generosity went unappreciated...
...spread of error and heresy is by the use of the imprimatur. According to canon law, any book by a Catholic layman or cleric dealing with faith or morals must be cleared by a diocesan censor and approved for publication by a bishop, normally shown by the Latin word imprimatur - meaning "Let it be printed." In the postconciliar church, any kind of censorship seems anachronistic, and there is a wide spread feeling among publishers and theologians that the whole system ought to be abandoned...
That would be true even in Italy. Rome said not a word recently when the Italian publishing house of Mondadori published a collection of essays called Is God Dead? without any indication that the book had an imprimatur...
...operatic style is more closely wedded to its native language than the small but heady French repertory. Its best composers, from Rameau to Poulenc, created music that wraps itself tightly around every inflection of the spoken word. Without French-born singers who can respond instinctively to the language embedded in the music, French opera is likely to languish-which is just what has been happening at New York's Metropolitan...