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neck neck or nothing risking everything on success, with allusion to the idea of falling and breaking one's neck through reckless riding.
the same neck of the woods a particular area or locality; neck in the sense of ‘narrow strip of woodland’ is recorded from the late 18th century.
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millstone round one's neck.
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Hans Kung: Breaking Through. The Work and Legacy
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Hans Kung: Breaking Through. The Work and legacy. By Hermann Haring. Translated...1998. Pp. xv, 377. $29.95 paperback.) The Swiss-born theologian Hans Kung has been a major figure in twentiethcentury theology since his appointment...
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He could have been a contender: the charismatic Hans Kung continues to draw crowds.(OPINION)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 1/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...poker hand differently, Hans Kung could have been pope. The...lecture. In May 2005, Fr. Kung went to Tokyo to receive...version of the Nobel Prize. Hans has been a friend of mine...through his chancellor that Hans Kung "doesn't have faculties...
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HANS KUNG: BREAKING THROUGH: THE WORK AND LEGACY.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; HANS KUNG: BREAKING THROUGH: THE WORK AND LEGACY...faith) but by discipleship. The theses Kung honed in On Being Christian and Does God...strife. This is more than a book about Hans Kung. It is about Catholic theology in the last...
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Hans Kung reflects on an embattled life: memoirs describe a much criticized but always loyal Catholic.(My Struggle for Freedom: Memoirs)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 9/12/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM: MEMOIRS By Hans Kung Erdmans, 544 pages, $32 Carmelite...At our last session that day Fr. Hans Kung had delivered a fervent statement...day still stands: In most respects Hans Kung is not only Catholic but a conservative...
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Hans Kung speaks after 9/11: 'attacking Iraq is likely to worsen the terrorist threat'.
Magazine article from: Catholic New Times; 12/15/2002; 700+ words
; Hans Kung, an internationally respected Catholic priest...Speaking to the American Academy of Religion, Kung said that he stands by all of the ideas in...Declaration of Religions for a Global Ethic," Kung said, "My Christian conviction remains...
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Pope meets Hans Kung.(CHURCH NOTES)
Magazine article from: Catholic New Times; 10/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...friendly" evening with theologian Hans Kung in late September. "It was secret...Vatican approval to teach theology. "Hans Kung is indeed a Catholic theologian...and Pope John Paul II stripped Hans Kung of his official teaching licence...
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Hopeful realist Hans Kung points pathway to global ethic.(Profile)(Biography)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 9/3/2004; ; 700+ words
; Hans Kung will mark 50 years as a priest Oct. 10...two-thirds of the first volume deals with Kung's reform agenda. While the Swiss priest...Tubingen University, the German academy where Kung spent 30 years as a theologian and directed...
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Benedict, Kung set aside differences for a chat.(WORLD; Hans Kung, Pope Benedict 16)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 10/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...nemesis, Swiss Catholic theologian Fr. Hans Kung, a fiery liberal who once compared...top doctrinal enforcer. In 1979, Kung's license to teach Catholic theology...conference. In the years since, Kung has been a leading critic of many of...
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Hans Kung, Der Anfang aller Dinge, Naturwissenschaft und Religion (The beginning of all things, science and religion).(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Ecumenical Review; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Hans Kung, Der Anfang aller Dinge, Naturwissenschaft...Munich and Zurich, 2005 In this book Hans Kung sets out to build a bridge between science...theological knowledge in a condensed form. Hans Kung covers a large sweep, touching on all the...
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THE CHRISTOLOGY OF HANS KUNG: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION.(Review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; THE CHRISTOLOGY OF HANS KUNG: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION. By A]rah...writes Pitchers, "lies in placing Kung's christology in context" (243...context is modern rather than postmodern. Kung is credited with having a strong impact...
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Kung, Hans
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Kung, Hans (1928– ), Swiss RC theologian. He was a peritus at the Second Vatican Council and in 1963 became Professor...
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Covenant of the Goddess (CoG)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...of World Religions (PWR) in Chicago. An important document, originally drafted by Swiss Roman Catholic theologian Hans Kung and modified by delegates to the Parliament, entitled "Toward a Recognition of a Global Ethic," was signed on behalf...
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Disney, Walt
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...fairy tales into a literary tradition by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and others, Disney, in the early decades...stereotypical, “ multicultural ” duo of “ kung fu ” Mulan and her familiar, the blabbering Mushu...
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