Word: fervors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...compensate for the inevitable staging deficiencies, the cast, directed by W. A. West, speak their lines with feeling and almost excessive fervor. Ted Allegretti is bombastie in the role of Mio, the son of a man mistakenly executed for murder by a bigoted, insecure society. Mio's overly passionate declamations, often too long sustained, hold audience tension at too high a pitch, causing the play to lose effectiveness in the second and third acts. Kay Casale is quite satisfactory as a restrained Miriamne...
...forlorn delegates in Chicago last week barred the press, showed little of the old fierce fervor. Solemnly, almost like a conclave of bosses, they passed resolutions denouncing: 1) the U.S. Government, 2) Communism, 3) Fascism, 4) the A.F. of L., 5) the C.I.O., 6) World War II, 7) World War III, 8) the world...
With all the fervor of a grim old theologian, Pastor Niemoller declared: "We have made a discovery that . . . has surprised us far more than the Nazi terror and has terrified us much more than the unimaginable consequences of our collapse...
...Then messages came from his old friends Baseball Fan Jim Farley and Archbishop Spellman, finally official notification from. Apostolic Delegate Cicognani. When he was sure, Cardinal-designate Glennon spoke like a loyal St. Louisan: "The Holy Father didn't forget St. Louis. . . . Our Catholic people show greater fervor, more unity of spirit, deeper interest in Catholic activities the world over. The Holy Father must have had these things in mind when he gave the occupant of this see the Cardinal's hat, the first city west of the Mississippi to attain this honor...
Germany's traditional and somber Repentance Day, almost forgotten under the Nazis, was celebrated with special fervor this year. Portly, bald Theology Professor Heinrich Vogel of the University of Berlin wrote a special prayer for the occasion. In the Evangelical churches (about 1,500) of Berlin and Brandenburg synod, German heads bowed piously to its words...