Word: dreadfuls
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...good points of Existentialism, he stated, are that it demands "facing up to the worst" in a hostile universe and that it gives a sense of dread of nothing-ness. He calls this second point "a fundamental fact in human life" very much like the Old Testament sense of awe in the face...
Even more startling than recent overall advances in surgery is the improved outlook for aged patients who need operations. Surgeons used to dread such cases; all too often the patient went into shock on the operating table, or died soon after of pneumonia. How radically things have changed is pointed out by Surgeon Sidney E. Ziffren of the State University of Iowa. "Successful surgery is now constantly performed in the aged," he notes. "Surgery should not be withheld because of a patient...
...corn Wait for the last mummer, dread...
...Strength Dedicated." Ike then spaced his words carefully: "We honor, no less in this divided world than in a less tormented time, the people of Russia. We do not dread, rather do we welcome their progress in education and industry. We wish them success in their demands for more intellectual freedom, greater security before their own laws, fuller enjoyment of the rewards of their own toil. For as such things may come to pass, the more certain will be the coming of that day when our peoples may freely meet in friendship...
...three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed"), taking the "days" as years and the cleansing of the sanctuary as the end of the world. William Miller, a Baptist minister of Low Hampton, N.Y., was not an educated man, but he was sincere and persuasive; when the dread year came, Millerites from Vermont to Virginia settled their affairs and waited. Scoffers made fun of them by donning white robes and climbing trees and hilltops to look for the Lord's coming, and when the appointed time had passed and the earth was still the same, they jeered...