Word: particular
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Land or Peace. Hussein was received with particular warmth because three months ago he spared the U.S. a difficult decision. When a Syrian armored force invaded Jordan to aid Palestine guerrillas in their battle with the King's army, both the U.S. Sixth Fleet and Israeli forces were poised to intervene on Hussein's side. But the King's tanks and planes repelled the Syrians. The U.S., which is already acting on a $30 million allotment to re-equip the Jordanian army, listened to requests by Hussein for additional equipment that could bring the bill...
...this time of particular difficulty for most educational and philanthropic institutions, it is of critical importance to encourage quality and innovation with promise of enduring value for mankind...
...with considerable dismay that I read (CRIMSON, December 5, 1970) about additional portents of the incipient demise of the Soc Rel department at Harvard. Such an event would be unfortunate in itself and an unfortunate sign of the continuing failure of American universities in general and Harvard in particular to even begin to come to terms with the peculiar problems of the Geisteswissenschaften...
...many a visiting businessman, it was the best thing Rome had to offer. As early as 7:30 in the morning he could dial a particular phone number and ask, "Can I come for a coffee?" The reply was usually, "Yes. We make it good and for all tastes." Then he would go to one of seven luxury apartments, where his "coffee" would be waiting with plenty of sugar-in the form of a high-class call girl...
...Jean Cardinal Danielou, who said that the idea "does not shock me." How about the miracles normally required for canonization? Merely an innovation of modern times, said Danielou. More important was the ability "to practice virtues with a certain degree of heroism." In any case there was no particular hurry. Joan of Arc did not make it for 489 years...