Word: documentation
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There was a flurry of excitement at the assembly involving a nonpolitical document titled "Witnessing in a Divided World." Bishop Per Lonning of the Church of Norway (Lutheran) called it a "dangerous setback," because it showed a "lack of missionary urgency" and did not emphasize the uniqueness of Christianity. Agreeing, the delegates voted nearly unanimously for a revision, but in dealing with a bushel of political statements on everything from nuclear arms (yes to a freeze) to Palestinian rights (an emphatic endorsement), they never had a chance to act on the rewritten statement. Nonetheless, the delegates were enthusiastic about...
...document where a baby may be unable to pick up sensory data; we can spot abnormalities in the emotional areas," says Stanley Greenspan, chief of the Clinical Infant Research Unit of the National Institute of Mental Health in Adelphi, Md. "There is no evidence that an infant's emotional problems are self-corrective. The environment that contributed to early damage will continue to contribute if one does not intervene...
...Transportation subcommittee ordered the study, commented: "The widespread abuses and misuse of aircraft show a shameful disregard for the taxpayers' money." By contrast, the FAA said the GAO report was "so replete with errors, omissions and inadequacies as to be virtually unusable as a management appraisal or decision document...
...optimism last week: an end to their mission seemed to be in sight. U.S. Envoy Max Kampelman helped set the tone as he returned to Madrid's sprawling concrete Palace of Congresses after consultations with Administration officials in Washington. Kampelman predicted international approval of a 35-page draft document that summed up, after 32 months of often desultory negotiation, the compromises reached at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). Within 24 hours, President Reagan himself announced U.S. backing for the agreement. Said he: "We will sign it with the hope that it will serve...
...document in question consists mainly of a series of commitments to hold, over the next three years, further international meetings aimed at addressing such issues as disarmament, international security and human rights. The Madrid draft agreement also includes the broad declarations of respect for human rights provisions that buttress the Helsinki Final Act. Among the values mentioned: freedom of religion, the right to form free trade unions, and "the freer and wider dissemination of printed matter"-a euphemistic reference to freedom of the press. Said President Reagan of the document: "Together with the Helsinki accords, this agreement sets forth...