Word: beseecher
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...Rolph died last June. The San Francisco general strike and a shrewd stratagem won him his nomination for the coming election. Prior to the strike, onetime Governor Clement Calhoun Young had been assured Republican support by no less a faction than Herbert Hoover & friends. When big industrialists began to beseech Acting Governor Merriam to send troops into San Francisco, he replied that it would ruin him politically. One by one the potent Young backers agreed to switch their strength in the primary to Merriam. Not until he had corralled most of the Young following did Acting Governor Merriam order...
...dare we lift our eyes to Thee, for we are guilty as a nation of tolerating the practice of vile mob murder of men. . . . Cleanse our hearts, we beseech Thee, of the dark sin of race prejudice...
...suffering and ignominy which thou didst endure, during the 20 years that preceded thy glorious maternity, by thy love for St. Joachim, thy glorious spouse, by thy love for Mary, thy immaculate child, and by the great joy thou didst feel at the moment of her birth, I beseech thee to grant my ardent request...
...burly St. Christopher's help with prayer: "O God, who didst provide for the children of Israel to pass dry of foot through the midst of the waters, and didst open for the three Magi a road to Thee by means of a Star, grant unto us, we beseech Thee, a journey prosperous and free from harm; that accompanied by Thy Holy Angel, we may arrive safely at our present destination and come at last to the port of eternal salvation, through Christ Our Lord, Amen...
...priest came forward, prayed over the men, sprinkled holy water toward the seaplanes, and invoked the blessing of the Virgin of Loreto.* "O God, . . . who hast destined all the elements of this world for the use of the human race, bless us, we beseech Thee, this aircraft . . . that those who flying in it put themselves under the care of the Blessed Virgin, may speedily arrive at their destination and may return home unharmed. . . ." After last farewells, the visitors were herded out, the gates were locked-with General Balbo inside, and the pilots impatiently awaited the order: "Decollare!" (take...