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This is an ethical demand which cannot be evaded or glossed over by talking exclusively of weapon superiority or even of the evil of Communism. | talking | {
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Too often in the past Russian tactics have been used to justify like tactics on our part. | used | {
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Too often in the past Russian tactics have been used to justify like tactics on our part. | justify | {
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There ought to be a point beyond which we will not allow ourselves to go regardless of what Russia does. | be | {
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There ought to be a point beyond which we will not allow ourselves to go regardless of what Russia does. | allow | {
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There ought to be a point beyond which we will not allow ourselves to go regardless of what Russia does. | go | {
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There ought to be a point beyond which we will not allow ourselves to go regardless of what Russia does. | does | {
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The refusal to resume atmospheric testing would be a good start. | resume | {
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The refusal to resume atmospheric testing would be a good start. | be | {
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When his Holiness Pope John 23, first called for an Ecumenical Council, and at the same time voiced his yearning for Christian unity, the enthusiasm among Catholic and Protestant ecumenicists was immediate. | called for | {
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When his Holiness Pope John 23, first called for an Ecumenical Council, and at the same time voiced his yearning for Christian unity, the enthusiasm among Catholic and Protestant ecumenicists was immediate. | voiced | {
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When his Holiness Pope John 23, first called for an Ecumenical Council, and at the same time voiced his yearning for Christian unity, the enthusiasm among Catholic and Protestant ecumenicists was immediate. | was | {
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With good reason it appeared that a new day was upon divided Christendom. | appeared | {
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With good reason it appeared that a new day was upon divided Christendom. | was | {
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But as the more concrete plans for the work of the Council gradually became known, there was a rather sharp and abrupt disappointment on all sides. | became | {
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But as the more concrete plans for the work of the Council gradually became known, there was a rather sharp and abrupt disappointment on all sides. | was | {
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The Council we now know will concern itself directly only with the internal affairs of the Church. | know | {
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The Council we now know will concern itself directly only with the internal affairs of the Church. | concern | {
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As it has turned out, however, the excessive enthusiasm in the first instance and the loss of hope in the second were both wrong responses. | turned out | {
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As it has turned out, however, the excessive enthusiasm in the first instance and the loss of hope in the second were both wrong responses. | were | {
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Two things have happened in recent months to bring the Council into perspective : | happened | {
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Two things have happened in recent months to bring the Council into perspective : | bring | {
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each provides a basis for renewed hope and joy. | provides | {
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First of all, it is now known that Pope John sees the renewal and purification of the Church as an absolutely necessary step toward Christian unity. | known | {
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First of all, it is now known that Pope John sees the renewal and purification of the Church as an absolutely necessary step toward Christian unity. | sees | {
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Far from being irrelevant to the ecumenical task, the Pontiff believes that a revivified Church is required in order that the whole world may see Catholicism in the best possible light. | being | {
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Far from being irrelevant to the ecumenical task, the Pontiff believes that a revivified Church is required in order that the whole world may see Catholicism in the best possible light. | believes | {
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Far from being irrelevant to the ecumenical task, the Pontiff believes that a revivified Church is required in order that the whole world may see Catholicism in the best possible light. | is | {
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Far from being irrelevant to the ecumenical task, the Pontiff believes that a revivified Church is required in order that the whole world may see Catholicism in the best possible light. | see | {
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Equally significant, Pope John has said that Catholics themselves bear some responsibility for Christian disunity. | said | {
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Equally significant, Pope John has said that Catholics themselves bear some responsibility for Christian disunity. | bear | {
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A major aim of the Council will be to remove as far as possible whatever in the Church today stands in the way of unity. | be | {
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A major aim of the Council will be to remove as far as possible whatever in the Church today stands in the way of unity. | remove | {
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A major aim of the Council will be to remove as far as possible whatever in the Church today stands in the way of unity. | stands | {
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Secondly, a whole series of addresses and actions by the Pope and by others show that concern for Christian unity is still very much alive and growing within the Church. | show | {
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Secondly, a whole series of addresses and actions by the Pope and by others show that concern for Christian unity is still very much alive and growing within the Church. | is | {
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The establishment, by the Holy Father, of a permanent Secretariat for Christian Unity in 1960 was the most dramatic mark of this concern. | was | {
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The designation of five Catholic theologians to attend the World Council of Churches assembly in New Delhi as `` official '' observers reverses the Church 's earlier stand. | attend | {
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The designation of five Catholic theologians to attend the World Council of Churches assembly in New Delhi as `` official '' observers reverses the Church 's earlier stand. | reverses | {
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The public appeal by the new Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Cicognani, for renewed efforts toward Eastern and Western reunion was still another remarkable act. | was | {
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Nor can one forget Pope John 's unprecedented meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury. | forget | {
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Augustin Cardinal Bea, the director of the Secretariate for Christian Unity, has expressed as directly as anyone the new spirit that pervades the Church 's stance toward the Protestant and Orthodox Churches. | expressed | {
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Augustin Cardinal Bea, the director of the Secretariate for Christian Unity, has expressed as directly as anyone the new spirit that pervades the Church 's stance toward the Protestant and Orthodox Churches. | pervades | {
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Noting all the difficulties that stand in the way of reunion, he has said that they ought not to discourage anyone. | Noting | {
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Noting all the difficulties that stand in the way of reunion, he has said that they ought not to discourage anyone. | stand | {
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Noting all the difficulties that stand in the way of reunion, he has said that they ought not to discourage anyone. | said | {
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Noting all the difficulties that stand in the way of reunion, he has said that they ought not to discourage anyone. | discourage | {
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For discouragement, or the temptation to abandon our efforts, `` would show that one placed excessive trust in purely human means without thinking of the omnipotence of God, the irresistible efficacy of prayer, the action of Christ or the power of the Divine Spirit ''. | abandon | {
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For discouragement, or the temptation to abandon our efforts, `` would show that one placed excessive trust in purely human means without thinking of the omnipotence of God, the irresistible efficacy of prayer, the action of Christ or the power of the Divine Spirit ''. | show | {
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For discouragement, or the temptation to abandon our efforts, `` would show that one placed excessive trust in purely human means without thinking of the omnipotence of God, the irresistible efficacy of prayer, the action of Christ or the power of the Divine Spirit ''. | placed | {
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For discouragement, or the temptation to abandon our efforts, `` would show that one placed excessive trust in purely human means without thinking of the omnipotence of God, the irresistible efficacy of prayer, the action of Christ or the power of the Divine Spirit ''. | thinking | {
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Can any Christian fail to respond to these words? | fail | {
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Can any Christian fail to respond to these words? | respond | {
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The administration 's official budget review, which estimates a 6.9 billion dollar deficit for the current fiscal year, is n't making anyone happy. | estimates | {
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The administration 's official budget review, which estimates a 6.9 billion dollar deficit for the current fiscal year, is n't making anyone happy. | making | {
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Certainly it is n't making the President happy, and he has been doing his apologetic best to explain how the budget got into its unbalanced condition, how he intends to economize wherever he can and how he hopes to do better next year. | making | {
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Certainly it is n't making the President happy, and he has been doing his apologetic best to explain how the budget got into its unbalanced condition, how he intends to economize wherever he can and how he hopes to do better next year. | doing | {
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Certainly it is n't making the President happy, and he has been doing his apologetic best to explain how the budget got into its unbalanced condition, how he intends to economize wherever he can and how he hopes to do better next year. | explain | {
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Certainly it is n't making the President happy, and he has been doing his apologetic best to explain how the budget got into its unbalanced condition, how he intends to economize wherever he can and how he hopes to do better next year. | got | {
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Certainly it is n't making the President happy, and he has been doing his apologetic best to explain how the budget got into its unbalanced condition, how he intends to economize wherever he can and how he hopes to do better next year. | intends | {
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Certainly it is n't making the President happy, and he has been doing his apologetic best to explain how the budget got into its unbalanced condition, how he intends to economize wherever he can and how he hopes to do better next year. | economize | {
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Certainly it is n't making the President happy, and he has been doing his apologetic best to explain how the budget got into its unbalanced condition, how he intends to economize wherever he can and how he hopes to do better next year. | hopes | {
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Certainly it is n't making the President happy, and he has been doing his apologetic best to explain how the budget got into its unbalanced condition, how he intends to economize wherever he can and how he hopes to do better next year. | do | {
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We sympathize with Mr. Kennedy, but we feel bound to say that his budget review does n't please us either, although for very different reasons. | sympathize | {
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We sympathize with Mr. Kennedy, but we feel bound to say that his budget review does n't please us either, although for very different reasons. | feel | {
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We sympathize with Mr. Kennedy, but we feel bound to say that his budget review does n't please us either, although for very different reasons. | say | {
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We sympathize with Mr. Kennedy, but we feel bound to say that his budget review does n't please us either, although for very different reasons. | please | {
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Furthermore, we find his defense of the unbalanced budget more dismaying than reassuring. | find | {
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In the first place, a large part of the discrepancy between President Eisenhower 's estimate of a 1.5 billion dollar surplus for the same period and the new estimate of an almost seven billion dollar deficit is the result of the outgoing President 's farewell gift of a political booby-trap to his successor. | is | {
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The Eisenhower budget was simultaneously inadequate in its provisions and yet extravagant in its projections of revenue to be received. | was | {
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The Eisenhower budget was simultaneously inadequate in its provisions and yet extravagant in its projections of revenue to be received. | received | {
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The rest of the deficit is also easily understood. | is | {
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Four billion dollars of the spending increase is for defense, an expenditure necessitated by the penny-wise policies of the Eisenhhower Administration, quite apart from the recent crises in Berlin and elsewhere. | is | {
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Four billion dollars of the spending increase is for defense, an expenditure necessitated by the penny-wise policies of the Eisenhhower Administration, quite apart from the recent crises in Berlin and elsewhere. | necessitated | {
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Four hundred million dollars of the increase is for the expanded space program, a responsibility similarly neglected by Mr. Eisenhower. | is | {
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Four hundred million dollars of the increase is for the expanded space program, a responsibility similarly neglected by Mr. Eisenhower. | neglected | {
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The farm program will cost an additional 1.5 billion, because of unusual weather factors, the Food for Peace program and other new measures. | cost | {
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Anti-recession programs - aid for the unemployed, their children and for depressed areas - account for only 900 million of the 6.9 billion dollar deficit. | account for | {
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Our complaint is that in many crucial areas the Kennedy programs are not too large but too small, most seriously in regard to the conventional arms build-up and in aid and welfare measures. | is | {
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Our complaint is that in many crucial areas the Kennedy programs are not too large but too small, most seriously in regard to the conventional arms build-up and in aid and welfare measures. | are | {
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And yet Mr. Kennedy persists in trying to mollify the intransigents of the right with apologies and promises of `` tightening up '' and `` economizing ''. | persists | {
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And yet Mr. Kennedy persists in trying to mollify the intransigents of the right with apologies and promises of `` tightening up '' and `` economizing ''. | trying | {
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And yet Mr. Kennedy persists in trying to mollify the intransigents of the right with apologies and promises of `` tightening up '' and `` economizing ''. | mollify | {
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We wish the President would remember that `` fiscal responsibility '' was the battle-cry of the party that lost the election. | wish | {
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We wish the President would remember that `` fiscal responsibility '' was the battle-cry of the party that lost the election. | remember | {
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We wish the President would remember that `` fiscal responsibility '' was the battle-cry of the party that lost the election. | was | {
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We wish the President would remember that `` fiscal responsibility '' was the battle-cry of the party that lost the election. | lost | {
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The party that won used to say something about a New Frontier. | won | {
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The party that won used to say something about a New Frontier. | say | {
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Introduction of the `` dialogue '' principle proved strikingly effective at the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Catholic Association for International Peace in Washington the last weekend in October. | proved | {
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Two of the principal addresses were delivered by prominent Protestants, and when the speaker was a Catholic, one `` discussant '' on the dais tended to be of another religious persuasion. | delivered | {
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Two of the principal addresses were delivered by prominent Protestants, and when the speaker was a Catholic, one `` discussant '' on the dais tended to be of another religious persuasion. | was | {
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Two of the principal addresses were delivered by prominent Protestants, and when the speaker was a Catholic, one `` discussant '' on the dais tended to be of another religious persuasion. | be | {
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Several effects were immediately evident. | were | {
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Sessions devoted to `` Ethics and Foreign Policy Trends '', `` Moral Principle and Political Judgment '', `` Christian Ethics in the Cold War '' and related subjects proved to be much livelier under this procedure than if Catholics were merely talking to themselves. | proved | {
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Sessions devoted to `` Ethics and Foreign Policy Trends '', `` Moral Principle and Political Judgment '', `` Christian Ethics in the Cold War '' and related subjects proved to be much livelier under this procedure than if Catholics were merely talking to themselves. | be | {
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Sessions devoted to `` Ethics and Foreign Policy Trends '', `` Moral Principle and Political Judgment '', `` Christian Ethics in the Cold War '' and related subjects proved to be much livelier under this procedure than if Catholics were merely talking to themselves. | talking | {
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Usually questions from the floor were directed to the non-Catholic speaker or discussion leader. | directed | {
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In the earlier sessions there was plentiful discussion on the natural law, which Dr. William V. O ' Brien of Georgetown University, advanced as the basis for widely acceptable ethical judgments on foreign policy. | was | {
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In the earlier sessions there was plentiful discussion on the natural law, which Dr. William V. O ' Brien of Georgetown University, advanced as the basis for widely acceptable ethical judgments on foreign policy. | advanced | {
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