Word: amenability
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...other, they look at what life has done to them, and gently one of them grins and makes a joke; another takes it from there, and suddenly all together they laugh and laugh and laugh until fate's narrow boxcar bursts and the theater booms with an immense amen to life...
When Presbyterian Blake had finished his long sermon, Bishop Pike (who had foreknowledge of what his Presbyterian friend would say) stepped forward in his white and blue vestments to add his amen to Blake's proposal: "I can say that his prophetic proclamation is the most sound and inspiring proposal for the unity of the church in this country which has ever been made in its history...
...Amen. In Cedar Lake, Ind., in a 25-word-or-less essay contest on the subject, "How I Want My Wife to Dress for a Party," Winner Florian J. Heiser needed only one word: "Quickly...
...Amen...
...that our law forbids sexual relations." Reason: "Bad for morale." Penalty: death. The idea is to sublimate sexual desire into ballistic aggression against the enemy. But the idea does not really work. After banging away for several months. Heroine Mangano turns to Hero Heflin, and, as the audience mutters amen, softly moans: "Will there never be-peace...