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...ability to make God real to the last and the least of the human race. There are listless worshipers before her altars . . . yet the divine glow is present in enough hearts with sufficient frequency to make the Roman Mass the most successful religious service known to man. The hush which comes over most congregations when the consecrated host is elevated is not a matter of theatrical effects cleverly arranged; something is really happening in the hearts of many of the people . . . The power of the Mass is a fact which Protestants cannot escape; it must be faced...
...Cover) A hush fell over the assembled Congress of the United States and the crowded galleries. In the silence, the Doorkeeper's voice came clear: "Mr. Speaker, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur." In a great wave, the applause and cheers burst upon the erect figure who strode down the aisle. Democrats, Republicans, and the crowds in the galleries rose as one, clapped and shouted on & on. Across 8,700 miles, through cheering crowds, clouds of black headlines and storms of angry argument, Douglas Mac-Arthur had come to this podium to make his stand before the nation...
...cops & robbers show, moves to television without leaving a single clue or cliche behind. News Photographer Casey, as played by Richard Carlyle, wears his hat on the back of his head, is a devil with the ladies, and is only halted in his headlong pursuit of justice by a hush-voiced announcer breathing: "Don't be half-safe, use Arrid...
Suddenly a hush fell, in anticipation of the colonel's programed speech, "A Message to All Americans." But the Chief was so worn out that he could only gasp a few words of thanks. A few minutes later he bolted for the door. The Chippewas and Editor Chappie were pleased anyway. "We do this," said a chief, "because the colonel has made a wonderful exhibition of his life . . . McCormick is a very wonderful thing and still...
...boys used to give us plenty of trouble," said Jim, prominent "singeasy" operator who has been wetting Harvard throats for 32 years. "We'd hush 'em up in one booth only to have 'em burst out in another...