Word: deaconness
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...dual nature of man and the tendency of evil to triumph over good was no instant gift of a dream. It began in his childhood home in Edinburgh. There were a bookcase and a chest of drawers in his room made by a notorious split personality called Deacon Brodie-a respectable cabinetmaker by day who used his nights for thievery. The author never forgot the stories his nurse made up for him around the Deacon's furniture. These, together with a Frenchman's treatise on the subconscious, which he read years later, helped fashion Dr. Jekyll...
...Lowest of the church's three orders. A deacon usually waits a year before becoming a priest...
...National Farm and Home Hour," ventured the Deacon, "would not make much sense in Uruguay." Meantime, while radio's pioneer ringmaster (ten years president of NBC) was readying a comprehensive air program between the U.S. and Latin America, U.S. broadcasters voluntarily came forth with two of their most impressive stunts in ten years of more or less catch-as-catch-can short-waving back & forth across the Rio Grande. Initiated by the two major networks were two series of regular weekly half-hour shows...
Bryan Smith, and Jack Roberts start as guards for the Deacon five. Marty Smith at center, Howie Ezell and Ed Vogler complete the number, and Bob Massey is also expected to see action...
With an untarnished record in their wake, the Deacon natators will try to repeat their last year's triumph over Trumbull, although the Elis are not expected to be found gusping...