Word: confess
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...occasionally renewed as when the Supreme Court stated in 1943 that, "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein." It might be added that belief cannot be coerced...
...Gallup methods are as highfalutin as the language. A radio star's E.Q. is figured by equating the percentage of people who confess to having heard him (Gallup calls it "public familiarity") against the response he gets ("audience enthusiasm"). Unlike Hooper, who uses the telephone, Gallup will rely on house-to-house canvassing. He will make a distinction between programs that depend on a personality and straight musical or dramatic shows. Further, he will make tests to help sponsors find out what type of show will best suit the "personality" of the product (e.g., a children's program...
...Many Slaves? Dallin asks and tries to answer the big question: How many forced-labor camps and prisoners are there in Russia? After compiling a list of 125 camps, scattered from Murmansk to Vladivostok, he has to confess that the catalogue is far from complete. But it is by far the biggest list yet compiled. Examining all estimates, Dallin concludes that Soviet slave-labor camps contain not less than 12,000,000 men, women & children. But he cites other estimates whose figures have soared as high as 30 million. Two of the biggest slave-labor camps: Solovetski Island...
...molded for bronze the late Mrs. Payne Whitney's Twenty Grand, George Widener's Eight Thirty, Jock Whitney's Royal Minstrel, Marshall Field's Stimulus, Sir Galahad Third ("You wouldn't turn around to look at Galahad, but I must confess he had nice manners"), stablefuls more. His next job: an equestrian statue for the grave of Field Marshal Sir John Dill in Arlington Cemetery...
...Christians must confess their sins. Confession is recommended by the Old Testament (Psalms 32 and Proverbs 28), and is practiced in most churches as well as in all synagogues. But there is a wide difference of opinion on the manner of confessing and on what should be confessed. Most Protestants and Jews confess their specific sins privately to God and are absolved publicly by means of liturgical formula. Roman Catholics and some Anglicans confess their sins, at regular intervals, to a priest...