Word: covet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...balance in the brasses, or sleek-toned reeds, or something else technical. Or perhaps it's something more. It doesn't matter to the thousands who can count on at least one bright spot in a Soldiers Field afternoon; to the fan-letter writers or to bandsmen alumni who covet their former membership, and come back to prove that they...
...equal among the equals at the World Council of Churches shows how far the Roman Catholic Church has deviated from both the spirit and teaching of Christ and the practice of the early church. Christ was most emphatic in stating that the only supremacy His followers could covet was to be based not on domination but on humble service (St. Matthew...
...fevered days of 1918. They worked together. When Ruth, then a bundle of sex appeal and intellectual fire, went to Berlin, Gerhart followed. She became a leader of the German Communist Party, and a member of the Reichstag. But Gerhart took a different ideological tack, began to covet power for himself. He applauded when Ruth was banished from the party by the Stalinist clique. Then he tried to undermine Ernst Thaelmann, Stalin's favorite in Germany. He failed, was summoned to Moscow. He escaped liquidation by denouncing friends who were out of favor...
...Covet and get what...
...Because we are generous with our freedom, and share our rights with those who disagree with us. Because we hate no people, and covet no people's land. . . . Because we have great dreams and the opportunity to make those dreams come true...