Word: amidst
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more lighthearted utterances, Winston Churchill said: "All babies are like me." The resemblance is more than superficial. Amidst the blooming, buzzing confusion which is an infant's world. Churchill remained the calm eye of the nursery hurricane, demanding a child's secure universe of bath (always at the same temperature), undisturbed nap, and steady liquid diet...
Families. "Amidst the most damaging aberrations of modern pagans is the opinion of those who define fecundity as a social evil." Enumerating the blessings of having many children, the Pope added: "No sooner are the happy pilgrimages to the baptismal font ended than the bright series of first communions and confirmations begins, and when the smallest brother puts away his first-communion suit, out comes the family's first nuptial veil, bringing together before the altar the parents, all the children, and the delight of new in-laws...
...hope of peace, amidst so much hatred and recrimination, relies on whether both sides at this crucial moment are capable of trust, magnanimity and wisdom. "Stop this absurd fighting," pleaded De Gaulle last week. Answered Ferhat Abbas: "Now is the time to negotiate. We can work out a new kind of relationship between Algeria and France. Even those who are fighting are prepared to find new bonds." The world could only hope...
...couple of minutes when Diana's sandy-haired brother, 14-year-old Bobby, slammed the front screen door, stomped familiarly back through the kitchen into the den. Resting the old gun on the TV, Diana took aim and shot him through the forehead, dropping him without a murmur amidst his scattered books...
...artificial light is lost somewhere amidst the smoke and steam, but Nomily can be seen slumped over his glass. His pensive silence is suddenly interrupted by an off-stage voice...