Word: basic
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...soon as Sharis hit the water, his star began to rise. The lanky 6-ft., 4-in. immediately found the sport to his linking. Under the guidance of Harvard freshman Coach Ted Washburn, Sharis picked up the basic technique quickly enough to sit in the five-seat of the first freshman boat that spring--the only novice oarsman in the boat...
Wilson also urged seniors to consider civic service a responsibility. "We cannot assume that the basic function of civic society will be provided by others," Wilson said...
Israeli authorities have justified their actions as a response to security concerns, claiming that educational institutions were centers of rebellion against the occupation. The closure of schools, however, has not inhibited organizing for the uprising, but rather has angered students who are deprived of their basic right to education. Furthmore, Shmuel Goren, a senior official of the Israeli occupation, has admitted that where the reopening of schools has been permitted there has been no increase in violence...
...first two points, there is a greater awareness now that the countries and peoples of the East, the West, the North and the South -- however different their social systems and levels of development, and however dissimilar their cultures, beliefs and ideologies -- are parts of a single world and have basic, vital interests in common. These elements of unity and this new social self-awareness form the foundation on which modern world politics should be built. And this is already happening...
This time the town's text commission labored hard to respond to complaints, especially those lodged by American Jews. The commission reworked the basic text, itself a 19th century revision by a local priest, Alois Daisenberger. The new version was prepared in consultation with Jewish agencies and two Catholic scholars, Leonard Swidler and the Rev. Gerard Sloyan of Temple University. The numerous alterations include the re-Judaization of Jesus and his disciples, who wear prayer shawls and yarmulkes, and the removal of stereotypes of the Jews as avaricious and mercenary. "They have made very significant improvements," says Swidler...