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...Oscar Homolka), a Czech collaborationist, has investments which Nazi officials want. The magnate's daughter (Miss Rainer) and her quisling fiancé set out to bribe his way to freedom. Their efforts involve them, unwittingly, in Prague's underground. One member of the underground is prepared to "confess" that he "murdered" the Nazi in order to bring about the release of the hostages. Reason: one of the hostages (William Bendix) is invaluable to the movement. From there on, the action be comes a fugue of double and triple crossings...
Nearly seven centuries after their founding, King Charles Albert of Piedmont granted the Waldensians civil and religious liberty (1848). Said the King's Minister of State, Vincenzo Gioberti: "The Waldensians have suffered cruel persecution, and it becomes us Catholics to confess this publicly, so that none may accuse us of conniving at the errors of past centuries...
...confession, deaf-mute penitents are given a printed list of common sins, mark those they wish to confess, hand the paper to the priest. He writes the penance and instructions on the paper, then returns it. Others who wish to see him outside the confessional go to the rectory parlor and "whisper" their problems. A mute "whispers" by shielding his hand inside his partly opened coat as he signs. A woman makes signs behind her purse...
This is written for those of you who managed to survive the ordeal of last weekend. The hardier members of your group may have noticed that we did not write a column earlier this week. We confess frankly that we were in no condition...
...fairest and most reliable of U.S. papers. He still thinks it is, but by his own standards he did not find it perfect. During the Spanish Civil War the Times bent backward to be neutral and impartial, and Times Publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger is quoted as saying: "I confess to a vast sense of relief that I do not have to take sides. . . ." Ken Stewart's reaction was that Publisher Sulzberger was glad he was not "compelled to choose between right and wrong...