Word: confessed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prison, despite howls of outrage from black feminists who charged that the much hyped ceremony was tantamount to enshrining brutality toward women. If blacks harbor such forbearance for a convicted rapist who has yet to repent his crime, it stands to reason that they will forgive fellow Christians who confess their sins, even if that admission seems too little and too late...
Well, on the Internet, all these things are true. If you're smart and witty, you'll win fans. And shy people can relax a little. The network makes it easier to confess a crush or admit a grudge. The Internet offers a respite from the social ineptness of Harvard life. and it can lend people a modicum of self-confidence and self-esteem that's not easy to find around here...
...cult, offered an explanation: "The best-educated members were really prized by Asahara and did not go through the same indoctrination that the others did. Once someone as honest and serious as Tsuchiya was out from under Asahara's control, it was easy to get him to confess...
...went to the clinic because a friend of mine, an individual very active in the pro-life movement, invited me to go. My decision to go was not easy, however. I must confess that I had some major misgivings about going to the vigil. Although I haven't wavered on the issue of abortion, I have had some serious doubts about the wisdom and usefulness of pro-life protests...
...life movement is regarded as a group of religious fanatics. I have to confess that before I went to the clinic, the image I had in my mind of a pro-lifer was a decidedly negative one. I imagined this person as a deeply religious, Southern white male, probably uneducated, probably racist and fairly low on the socioeconomic ladder. But when I looked around myself at the vigil, I saw people from all walks of life. Men and women, Blacks and whites, young and old were gathered together in prayer...