Word: worded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...papal tour, before a gathering of Roman Catholic academics from around the nation, John Paul sought to soothe anxieties, offering a "special word of gratitude" to theologians. But then he proceeded to declare that "true" academic freedom must balance independence with responsibility to the magisterium (the church's teaching office) in unity with the papacy. "It is the right of the faithful not to be troubled by theories and hypotheses that they are not expert in judging or that are easily simplified or manipulated by public opinion...
...that he does not intend to be the Pope to do so. In addition, the celibacy vow binds a man in perpetuity, he says. The candidate who feels a vocation has a long time to decide and must be sure before saying yes. After that he must keep his word. John Paul has not approved any of the thousands of pending requests from priests to be released from their vows and revert to lay status with church approval. The Pope is now awaiting a report on the "laicization" of priests from a special commission. The matter may be taken...
...want it. Edison later took delight in recalling what he had resolved then and there: "Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success." For once, there is no reason to doubt his word...
...elusive as the mystery of why Rembrandt handled chiaroscuro so masterfully; it was an inborn gift, honed by practice but unteachable. Nobel-prizewinning Physicist Isidor I. Rabi, for one, maintains that Edison could no more have stopped himself from inventing than a born punster can refrain from playing word games. Robert Conot, author of a 1979 biography of Edison, A Streak of Luck, observes that Edison's mind "multiplied devices from a single idea like a dividing amoeba and then compartmentalized the creations and endeavors." He was supremely self-confident; if prevailing opinion was that a device could...
...Pacific, there were signs that the chill in Washington-Tokyo relations caused by the U.S.'s chronic and massive trade deficit with Japan was beginning to dissipate. Said Mike Mansfield, U.S. Ambassador to Japan: "It's been a good summer. I haven't heard the word protectionism for months." By contrast, he said, the previous two years had been "among the most difficult in the U.S.-Japanese relationship since the end of World War II." In Washington, even Congress's Joint Economic Committee stopped growling. Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen, committee chairman, conceded that Japan, under...