Word: facing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...raced across rubble-strewn back lots. Suddenly, he was face to face with Antoinette Duvernois, who had known him since he was a boy. She shrank back. He panted: "Don't be alarmed! I never fire on unarmed civilians." He ran on, past a staring millworker. "The Russians are after me!" he shouted. Across the railroad yards, he staggered into two bicycle policemen, sank to his knees. Tears streamed down his face. "Mercy!" he sobbed. "The Russians-they are everywhere...
...gets something far better-peace of soul. "There is a world of difference between [them]. Peace of mind is the result of bringing some ordering principle to bear on discordant human experiences; this may be achieved by tolerance, or by a gritting of one's teeth in the face of pain; by killing conscience, or denying guilt, or by finding new loves to assuage old griefs. Each of these is an integration, but on a very low level. This kind of peace our Lord calls false, and he likens it to living under the dominion of Satan...
Four Things. ". . . Now the challenge has come. The churches, with a poorly equipped ministry which has more worldly wisdom than true self-knowledge and spirituality, are simply unprepared to meet the situation. Dangers and unprecedented opportunities to demonstrate the power of the Gospel, both stare in the face of the churches...
...league baseball season opens today with games scheduled in Boston and Washington; tomorrow the rest of the clubs swing into action. At Braves Field this afternoon Johnny Sain will pitch against the Philadelphia Phil's Ken Heintzelman, while in Washington; the Philadelphia Athletics' Dick Fowler will face the Senators' Ray Scarborough...
...face of an impressive show of batting by the '52s, Governor Dummer had to replace its pitcher before the end of the first inning. But the damage already had been done. The freshmen had four runs to their credit...