Word: amens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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GROPPER GALLERIES: Wood-cuts by IRVING AMEN, a contemporary American artist. 40 Brattle...
...Minow, 34, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Hours after he had explained to his family about the new job in Washington, Lawyer Minow overheard eight-year-old Daughter Nell conclude her bedside prayers with ". . . and God bless Mommy and Mr. Chairman." Adds Mr. Chairman: "I can only say amen. I've got a tiger by the tail, and I haven't got any illusions." Milwaukee-born, Minow was named the outstanding graduate of Northwestern University's law school in 1950, went to work as an administrative assistant to Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson after a spell...
...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...