Word: defrocking
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...Allegheny County sheriff, who hesitated at first to enter church premises forcibly, finally ordered Roth arrested near his altar last week. For disobeying the court order, Roth was given 90 days in prison and a $1,200 fine. While Bishop May decides whether to defrock the clergyman, Roth vows to remain in jail until he is reinstated at the church and executives agree to negotiate with DMS. Considering the hard feelings that now exist, his sentence is likely to run out before there is any compromise...
...campaigns have been killed, the purchased TV ad time can still be filled with regular, non-Olympic material. Even manufacturing expenses have not necessarily been totally wasted. R. Dakin & Co., the San Francisco-based company that bought the rights to make and sell Misha bears in the U.S., could defrock the critters of their Olympic belts and name tags, producing perfectly salable and politically inoffensive Teddy bears...
...continuing struggle in Tibet "by means of peaceful solutions rather than military force." Nevertheless, Chinese brutality drove some Tibetans into the mountains to organize guerilla resistance. Their efforts have been futile. Today an occupation army of 300,000 enforces Chinese dictates. Dissentors are publicly executed. Monks who refuse to defrock are interred in labor camps. Between 5000 and 6000 monasteries have been destroyed...
...match dragged on interminably. The Crimson, late in starting and fencing single strip because of the inadequate size of the room, did not defrock the last Judge until after...
...match dragged on interminably. The Crimson, late in starting and fencing single strip due to the inadequate size of the room, did not defrock the last Judge until after 10. The match was unquestionably Harvard's longest and most uninteresting of the year...