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Headlines daily chronicle war, murder, crime, road rage, social media threats and trivial disputes that turn deadly, which is why the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta continues spreading King's teachings on a more irenic way of life.
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Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 27 Feb. 2022
In Kennedy’s postwar America, Catholics were viewed more favorably, thanks partly to the irenic pontificate of John XXIII.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021
Despite his talk of unity and his irenic tone, gratitude hasn’t been a Biden strong suit.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 16 Mar. 2021
But what, specifically, do these conservatives want, besides a sense of thrill-in-combat that French’s irenic style denies them?
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 June 2019
Germany has enjoyed a long summer living well and gladly under Mrs Merkel’s irenic inaction.
—The Economist, 9 Sep. 2017
Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 27 Feb. 2022
In Kennedy’s postwar America, Catholics were viewed more favorably, thanks partly to the irenic pontificate of John XXIII.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021
Despite his talk of unity and his irenic tone, gratitude hasn’t been a Biden strong suit.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 16 Mar. 2021
But what, specifically, do these conservatives want, besides a sense of thrill-in-combat that French’s irenic style denies them?
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 June 2019
Germany has enjoyed a long summer living well and gladly under Mrs Merkel’s irenic inaction.
—The Economist, 9 Sep. 2017
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