Word: amenability
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...forces of Nature, the earthy pleasures of the Folk, and Satan's cynical malice. Except for a brief moment of enchanted sleep, the Devil offers him only a brutal bird's eye view of earth and its blasphemies: armies on the march, revelers bloated with wine, and a drunken Amen on the death of a rat. For his great affaire de coeur, Faust must sneak behind a curtain while Marguerite prepares for bed, then pop into sight only when magic has rendered her more than willing. The disillusion culminates as neighbors assemble outside and mockingly call for Mother Oppenheim...
...young members of his congregation give a hearty amen to that. "Having our own chapel makes us feel much more at home than in a normal congregation," said one of them last week. "I'm doing a lot more here than I would at home...
...seminarians found a few heartening exceptions. One minister on Chicago's West Side enlivened his sermon by displaying two heroin needles; one dramatized the meaning of repentance by barking "Halt! Attention! About face! Forward March! Amen." Another likened the forgiveness of God to "the feeling of getting two or three machines off your back...
...family wrangles kept things warm in the Coliseum, but one issue found the assembled Southerners practically unanimous: they clapped, rumbled their approval and cried an occasional "Amen" as this year's President James D. Grey of New Orleans made a metaphorical speech ridiculing the idea that the Southern Baptists might affiliate with the National Council of Churches...
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, who wanted to see "a baseball match" during his current U.S. visit, watched a workout game between West Point's first-and second-string teams. Coach Paul Amen gave the old cricketer a few baseball pointers and a souvenir ball...