Word: corrupters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lest one good custom should corrupt the world...
...standard "library'' of 14,500 different tones of wool and adopted a more practical 13 colors; he has also restored the old 14th century weave of six threads per centimeter to produce a more vigorous texture than the tenor eleven-thread count of the more recent "corrupt" period...
...with Francis of Assisi or Paul of Tarsus. Elected to the chair of St. Peter in 1846. Pius IX started out as one of the most liberal-minded Popes in centuries. He granted amnesty to political prisoners jailed during the reign of his predecessor, tried to clean up the corrupt, sluggish government of the Papal States. To the surprise of Europe's statesmen, he even seemed sympathetic to the ideals of Italian nationalism, and for a while worked actively to unite Italy's assortment of kingdoms and principalities into a federation...
...each parish and mission church during the time when the council is in session." Particularly appropriate, Bishop Lichtenberger thought, were three collects from the Book of Common Prayer. Among the readings: a venerable (1667) prayer for the church that asks God to fill it with truth: "Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in any thing it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, establish it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite...
...employees he has let go or reprimanded because of links with Estes. All along, Freeman has insisted that doing business with Estes has not cost the Government a dollar. That somewhat misses the point. The real tragedy of the Billie Sol Estes affair is that he was able to corrupt so many Agriculture Department employees. The two suspended Oklahomans were small potatoes, but the potato digging is not nearly over yet. And ol' Billie Sol himself is yet to be heard from...