Word: churched
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...religious control. She did not deny the contributions that "Catholic, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist or whatever" schools might make to the community. But if a U.S. citizen wanted his children to have special denominational training, then he should pay for it and not expect the Government to. "The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us," she concluded...
When she got some mail accusing her of being anti-Catholic, she wrote a little tartly: "Sometimes I think church organizations are foolish because they do things that lead people to believe they are not interested mainly in the spiritual side of the church but that they have a decided interest also in temporal affairs...
Unlike restless Leonardo da Vinci, who died a lonely old man far from his native Italy in France, Bellini stuck close to home all his 86 years, was finally buried in the church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, which as a young man he had helped to decorate. His only recorded complaint against the city that made him wealthy and world famous: its magistrates' insistence that he continue to pay his union dues to the local painters' guild...
...opera house, a church basement in Greenwich Village, was sold out for nearly a week in advance. Said the manager: "We're swamped." Said Weill, who has already made $2,000 in royalties from the piece: "There are little opera companies all over the country which are crying for just this sort of thing ... If I had three of these one-act operas to make a full evening's entertainment, they would make a living for both composer and librettist...
Down in the Valley is made to that measure. No scenery is needed, and fewer than a dozen singers, none of whom needs any great vocal range or agility. The story is pathetic enough to sluice any church basement with tears. Brack Weaver loves Jennie Parsons. Her father wants her to pay attention to Thomas Bouché, who has him on a financial hook. Jennie refuses. Bouché pulls a knife on Brack. Brack kills him, is sentenced to death, escapes from jail to spend his last hours with Jennie, then goes dutifully back...