Word: confessedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gives me much professional and personal pleasure to welcome TIME'S new publisher, Bernhard M. Auer, to these columns. But I must confess that after nearly 15 years of discourse with TIME'S readers in this space, I turn it over to my successor with some regret...
...them with the Christians and Jews as worthy of special consideration. And they have survived the bloody centuries partly because of their exclusive faith and their horror of conflict, partly by going underground. "If persecuted," instructs a Mandaean text, "say, 'We belong to you.' But do not confess him in your hearts, or deny the voice of your Master, the high King of Light." The Christian Demons. Together with the King of Light, the Mandaeans worship the Great Life, which takes the form of the "living water" or yardna-water flowing in a natural stream. As John baptized...
...finished preaching that night, the lamb was brought in and wired to the cross. Then the lights were turned out, a man of the congregation slit the lamb's throat, and the lights were turned on again. About 40 people came forward "to rededicate themselves and to confess Christ...
...antitrust laws-by discussing prices with competitors before they bid on big contracts for Government agencies such as the Tennessee Valley Authority. Equally grave, these men "had categorically denied any such acts" to Cordiner until months after a federal grand jury in Philadelphia began investigating; only then did they confess to him. Some of the executives, announced G.E., "have had their positions substantially downgraded, their level of compensation materially reduced, have been reassigned to positions with no responsibility for prices"-and forced to resign as officers. Others will be penalized soon. No names were mentioned, but U.S. Justice Department officials...
When they were settled, the priest appeared before them, tears streaming down his cheeks. Not only did he confess to the affair, but admitted that Theodora had borne him an infant daughter. Then, white-faced, he went on to describe how he had tried to strangle "the fruit of my sin" with his own hands. When the strength drained out of his hands, he had seized the belt of Theodora's cotton dress and wrapped it around the baby's neck until life was extinct. As Father John finished his tale and stumbled toward the door, his stunned...