Word: backslid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Soon the backslid heroine becomes a famous gypsy entertainer, travels through Europe from success to success and from sin (Gustavo Rojo) to sin (Dennis King). Crowd scene follows crowd scene: theaters, bullfights, battles. She finds her dragoon again at the side of the "Iron Duke" just before the Battle of Waterloo, which is thrown in for good measure. In the end, of course, she goes back to the convent, and at this point it becomes painfully apparent that the moviemakers intend, even at the risk of sacrilege, to have their unleavened bread and eat it too. But after more than...
...treatment: the heartbeat became regular, blood pressure dropped to 160/100, and the leg pain got better. The patient switched again-to primitivism. Dr. Bontzolakis was delighted. But two years later the man returned in worse shape than before, with blood pressure up again. What had happened? He had backslid through expressionism to abstractions, had quit his medicine, and was painting wilder canvases than ever...
...first man-made earth satellite into orbit last October, said Mahon during debate on the $38 billion defense appropriation, "we became aroused, humiliated, angry, frustrated and determined. Now the anger has cooled and the determination has been blunted." From a "peak of awareness and urgency," the U.S. has backslid to ''the humdrum plane of complacency." And complacency is dangerous. "The Soviet threat to our pre-eminence in industry, science and military striking power is steadily increasing. We have long been accustomed to think of the U.S. as occupying an unchallenged and unchallengeable position. We cannot afford to make...
...perk up after initial despondency. The President, they figured, had pulled the rug from under the Democrats by his principle-over-politics decision, as well as by his offer of administrative relief to farmers and his request for immediate soil-bank payments. By midweek, House Republicans who had backslid on the farm-bill vote (TIME, April 23) began to rally...
...other chaplains also feel that they get a lot done. They feel that, in a mass-production civilization, they are more capable of helping workers with problems that pastors away from the factory might not fully understand. Furthermore, by being stationed in a plant, they are readily available to backslid churchgoers who might hesitate to consult a minister or priest. After going to an industrial chaplain for guidance, many a strayed sheep has returned to the flock. On their part, corporations have found that industrial chaplains are a distinct aid to morale, production, and the well-being of employees. Said...