Word: confessions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Summarizing the new agreement, the theologians said, "We can and do confess together that our hope for salvation rests entirely on God's merciful action in Christ." The remaining differences, as well as the agreements, will be spelled out in a 21,000-word joint statement to be issued this week...
When things are happening that you do not like, you have to stand up and holler and demand that they stop. I confess to having done this once or twice in my dealings with the University. Here, one can is more limited when he acts alone. I have been an elected official in Cambridge for more than 30 consecutive years. If some of my colleagues in government had joined me in my battles along the way, we could have stopped Harvard from doing some things that have now returned to cause us trouble...
...could hear him breathing like a frightened rabbit behind the door. I was fulfilling my mother's predictions. I was no good and I'd never be any good. I went to Mass every Sunday, and every Sunday I'd say, 'I'll confess.' I couldn't. I'd go into the confession box and choke on the words. When you abuse your child, it seems like you're watching someone else do it. There is guilt, horror, pain. Society need not hate us. We hate ourselves. No one hates...
...tapes save days in pretrial hearings by permitting judges to determine quickly if a confession is voluntary and can be used as evidence. They leave no doubts that the suspect was read his Miranda rights to remain silent and have an attorney, and that he waived them. The tapes also provide clear, tamperproof visual records for all trial participants. Another unanticipated benefit: defendants seem willing to confess when looking at the little red light. Brighton, for instance, pleaded guilty after making his statement on the tube and was sentenced to six to 18 years in prison. From the time...
When things are happening that you do not like, you have to stand up and holler and demand that they stop. I confess to having done this once or twice in my dealings with the University. Here, one man is more limited when he acts alone. I have been an elected official in Cambridge for more than 30 consecutive years. If some of my colleagues in government had joined me in my battles along the way, we could have stopped Harvard from doing some things that have now returned to cause us trouble...