Word: godly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...glimpse of fine old Navy tradition when Des Moines steamed past Britain's cruiser H.M.S. Tiger, the flagship of NATO Mediterranean Commander Admiral Sir Alexander Bingley. Tiger boomed a 21-gun salute, her band blared out The Star-Spangled Banner, Des Moines's band blasted back God Save the Queen, and Essex's band tootled out with When the Saints Go Marching...
Some hours later, the girl walked into her hotel room. Slowly she took off her dark glasses and peeled heavy strips of adhesive tape from her eyelids. Her night-black eyes blinked in the sudden brightness. "My God," said Actress Anne Bancroft to the fellow actor who had accompanied her. "I never knew this room was so beautiful...
Minutes later, he was in the pulpit. "Responsible choice as to the number and spacing of children," he said in his sermon, "is simply one of the many areas of life in which people are called upon to make conscientious decisions under God." If a couple "ought to be having a child," any method of birth control-including abstinence from intercourse-is sinful. But if they should not be having a child-for economic, psychological or physical reasons-they are under obligation to use the most effective methods to prevent it. "We are not permitted to use a chancy method...
...Quaker's "thees" and "thous." Later, Allan searches out John Brown at Harpers Ferry, "to pour out his soul." Before long, he knows that "he was dealing with a lunatic or a martyr." Allan can do nothing, either, with Jefferson Davis, except stare into his eyes and say: "God grant you wisdom, Mr. Davis." Later, he regrets not having "poured out his soul," but he wisely suppresses the impulse again when, in his presence. Abraham Lincoln worries about the Constitution and tells two stories of doubtful humor. Most of the speeches and conversations of the great sound authentic; only...
...Ugly American, Lederer and Burdick (9) 7. Exodus, Uris (5) 8. Dear and Glorious Physician, Caldwell (7) 9. The Devil's Advocate, West (8) 10. A Fever in the Blood, Pearson NONFICTION 1 . Act One, Hart ( 1 ) 2. Folk Medicine, Jarvis (4) 3. This Is My God, Wouk (2) 4. The Status Seekers, Packard (3) 5. The Armada, Mattingly (7) 6. For 2? Plain, Golden (5) 7. The Longest Day, Ryan (10) 8. The Joy of Music, Bernstein 9. The Elements of Style, Strunk and White (6) 10. How I Turned $1,000 into $1,000,000 in Real...