Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fall of man, it also implies the existence of an Elect of God. America has presumed itself to be God's chosen remnant, to the point where it very nearly subscribes to the anthropocentric heresy of Pelagius, the 5th century Christian ascetic who argued that man could gain salvation without divine grace by his efforts alone. Put in secular terms, the Pelagianism of America means an unshakable faith in the righteousness of the U.S. "We tend to think," argues Roman Catholic Philosopher Michael Novak, "that it is not and cannot be evil at the center. We habitually believe that...
...boil down the essence of each scene to its subtext acts as a close-up, a distortion, so that while you may lose the general reality you will gain a specific and different dimension...
...England. almost all professional actors have at least a few years training before working for a living. How do you feel your group would gain or lose from this type of theatre training...
Through the third period the play was evenly matched with neither team able to gain a clear advantage. But the signs of a St. Louis victory slowly appeared. Harvard played the entire game with only 12 players, and as the game progressed, the Crimson showed signs of fatigue...
...motion to vote on whether to ask Pusey to delay a decision on the Project until the Faculty had discussed it failed to gain the four-fifths support it needed. But minutes later Everett I. Mendelsohn, associate professor of the History of Science, asked Pusey if he thought he had heard the Faculty's opinion on the Project, and Pasey answered. "I assume I have, through the report of the Committee on Research Policy...