Word: awe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There will be no special celebration this June to commemorate the occasion. But scholarly, debonair Whitney Griswold might well stand in awe of his responsibility. By virtue of his office as 16th president of Yale, he has become automatically one of the top educational statesmen in the U.S., the head of one of the world's dozen ranking universities, the custodian of a great tradition. The university which grew from the little school founded 250 years ago in a farmhouse at Branford, Conn, descends in a direct line from such ancient seats of learning as the University of Paris...
...stop a hole to keep the wind away. Oh that that earth which kept the world in awe...
Sexton Fresnay, ragged, unschooled and in awe of the pulpit, agrees against his will to take up a few of the priestly duties. But he is pushed deeper & deeper into the role by the demands of his flock. He rejects the girl (Andrée Clement) who wants to marry him, moves into the rectory, reluctantly listens to confessions, fearfully goes through the motions of giving absolution...
...centuries both friends & enemies of the Vatican have stood in awe of its facilities for collecting information from the remotest corners of the world. Although this reputation often exceeded the facts, Vatican intelligence about church affairs has rarely lagged as far behind events as its information on the Iron Curtain countries does today. It is a measure of the effectiveness of Communist secrecy that Vatican diplomatists have had to rely heavily on the newspapers to get the facts about the Communist campaign against the church in Eastern Europe. And most of what they read in the newspapers is what...
...audience, the family favorite is pig-tailed Dagmar, caught at just the right note of sentiment and practicality by nine-year-old Robin Morgan. In theory, each Mama episode takes up a different member of the family; in practice, Robin often steals the show. Producer Carol Irwin observes with awe that radio-trained Robin has somehow developed a "wonderful sense of timing...