Word: custom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sins whose guilt has already been forgiven. It may be a plenary indulgence, granted only by the Pope, remitting all punishment; or a partial indulgence releasing the sinner from a certain number of days or years of it. This method of reckoning indulgences is based on the Early Christian custom of expiating sins with public-penance which often lasted days and even years. Based upon Scripture, the theory of indulgence is that the "Treasury" of the Church, the superabundant merits of Christ and the Saints, may be placed at the penitent's disposal during his lifetime to help...
Running true to form, the present delegate to Congress from Hawaii has followed the time-honored custom of introducing a bill to make Hawaii a state. It is an old trick that is extremely useful for getting votes from some of the people back home. But most of the people of Hawaii have no real desire for statehood; full recognition of the present status of the Territory is the only thing desired...
Indeed, there is very little for the Democratic National Committee as a body to do for the next four years. Under the custom established in the past, the President is usually asked to run again. The theory is that if he makes a good record, he deserves re-nomination. If he doesn't, then nobody else can make as good a defense of his policies as can the incumbent. So with a re-nomination virtually reassured for Mr. Roosevelt, the only job ahead is for the National Headquarters and its publicity to be effectively maintained. This is something which...
President Eliot's inauguration marked the first time that the new President had been inducted by the President of the Board of Overseers. Previously the ceremony had been carried out by the governor of Massachusetts, but the custom was changed because of an alteration made in the constitution of the Board of Overseers in 1865. This change was hailed by Clifford as a progressive and important step. In his address to the new president lie said, "Now for the first time in its history, the college stands alone--unsupported by the state--and dependent only upon itself to justify...
...never returned, in a wild west show at the Chicago World's Fair, lionized by the young society matrons, and swilling down cocktails with the best of them. Hearing that his father is hill, and being temporarily fed up with his play boy existence, he jumps into his special custom model roadster, and sets out for the reservation. When he arrives there finding his father dying, unattended by the government doctor, and discovering the graft-ridden administration makes him burn for revenge, and when his sister is raped by the funeral director during his father's burial service, he sets...