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...cornerstone on which stand the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights," he said. "Equally, it is a very clear affirmation of the place of God in American life." Signed by 41 adult males aboard the Mayflower, the Compact begins roundly "In the name of God, Amen." Its pious, Bible-inspired signers then put it on record that "We . . . having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith ... a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia do ... solemnly and mutually in the presence of God . . . covenant and combine ourselves together...
...audience thundered applause when Papa Stock entered, lifted his baton to begin a Festival Fanfare which he had written for the jubilee. Next to Stainer's Sevenfold Amen, the Fanfare was probably the longest (ten minutes) ever composed, gave every instrument in the orchestra something to do, finally had even the Schellenbaum (manned by a percussionist) shaking like a hula dancer...
...When friends upbraid him for breaking confidences, Walter Winchell grovels, "I know-I'm just a son of a bitch." But Winchell lets no one cry "Amen" to this judgment. The late Editor Marlen Pew of the tradesheet Editor and Publisher also criticized Winchell as a bad influence on the U. S. press, was thereafter mentioned by Winchell as "Marlen...
...massacre of sanction-ists arrive as you have willed it, on sea as on land. End for today and for always your designs on Abyssinia, repay us our debts of 1915 to 1918, as we will repay to your credit the dumdum bullets you sold the Negus. Amen...
...salute you, England, full of envy, egoism is yours. May you be damned among sanctionist nations, result of your meanness. Holy Fascist cause, mother of civilization, fight for rights for the greatness of the Italian Empire, now, till the day of our death. Amen...