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Word: confession (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...people on all planets must confess that Christ is Lord. This includes any creatures created by God in space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 21, 1958 | 4/21/1958 | See Source »

Just Pals. But as Mack continued, his statement turned pitifully flabby. He and Whiteside, he said, had "known one another since I was eight years old. We went to school and to college [University of Florida] together. Our wives went to college together ... I must confess that throughout my career I have not been what may be called a moneymaker. There have been many times in my life when I have been in need of financial assistance." And whenever he needed such assistance, why there was good old Thurman Whiteside, ready with a check from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: You Are to Be Pitied | 3/10/1958 | See Source »

...with her mother as chaperone. When he called (always at noontime), Jacqueline sent her mother to the movies. Three years ago he found himself "getting a bit frail" and tried to break off the liaison. Jacqueline objected; there were telephone calls, and a somewhat ruffled Sir Strati had to confess to his wife to prevent Jacqueline's turning up while a birthday party for his grandchildren was in progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Babe in the Wood | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

...because he himself had served in Nagy's revolutionary government. But Boss Khrushchev ruled in favor of a show trial. The charge: treason. Nagy, befuddled and brainwashed after long internment at Sinaia, Rumania, has been transferred to Budapest's Fo Utca prison, is reportedly adjudged ready to "confess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: Without Mercy | 12/30/1957 | See Source »

...fixture of his life. When his foster sister died, Verlaine went to pieces, changed from a gaily dressed, monocled dandy into a shabby, unshaven lout. This made him feel remorseful, and, rushing into a church after an absinthe bout, he hammered on the confessional box and shouted: "I must confess! I must receive absolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prince of Poets | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

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