Word: amenities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York carefully instructed God Almighty as follows: "O God our Father . . . grant that we may give our utmost aid to Great Britain . and that we may do this without delay for the defense of our own land, for the preservation of Christian civilization . . . through Christ our Lord. Amen." >Said Archbishop Chrysanthos of Athens, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church:' "Fascist Italy has indeed forgotten that from our land proceeded the Holy Fathers who first gave her the light of the Gospel and fed her with the milk of true reverence...
Lord, I shall be very busy this day. I may forget Thee, but do not Thou forget me, Amen...
...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...