Word: confirmed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...part-man, part-superman, part-God image served UD by most sermons. "Our effort," says Conzelmann, "is to make that image more precise." The disciples also charge that most of their critics misunderstand the purpose and methodology of the new quest. Far from destroying faith, it is meant to confirm it by establishing the facts about the earthly Jesus that even the most critical scientific historian would have to accept. More important, the quest seeks to prove that there is a historic continuity between the preaching of the earthly Jesus and the early church's proclamation of the Risen...
...ruthless disregard for personal liberties. His secret police force has quashed all significant, internal political opposition, either by forcing heretics into exile or by liquidating them. Exiled opposition leaders estimate that there have been some 2000 executions in the past month alone; independent observers, including diplomats and newspapermen, essentially confirm this estimate...
Washington's April figures on business confirm that everything-or almost everything-is coming up roses: > Employment, which usually slides in March, instead climbed 900,000 to a record 68.1 million. > The industrial production index rose 2 points to a record 122.4 (1957-59 =100), showing strength in all manufacturing industries. > Private housing starts rose 7% to 1,630,000 units. > Orders for durable goods climbed 4%, while sales of durables advanced 2.5%. > The backlog of durable goods orders totaled $45.9 billion, up nearly $3 billion since January...
...predominantly Democratic Executive Council, which must approve all the Governor's appointment, last week refused to confirm Dana, who is a Republican...
...above may confirm in many an old suspicion that Hiss is constitutionally incapable of liking anything on the Harvard stage. As he, too, now makes his adicux in a last review he would like to seize a final opportunity not only to deny this most ill-informed of calumnies but to express as vigorously as possible his admiration for all of Harvard's drama. If its best is excellent judged by the highest standards, it is certainly no slur to say that its worst is bad by those same standards. Always it is luminous for its energy and its intelligence...