Word: interrupter
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Last week Pastor Benito, whose red brick church is filled each Sunday, was preparing to interrupt his 18-hour days of preaching, teaching and prayer to visit Majorca. "I have to go there," he said. "There are brothers out there who have not seen a pastor in years. I must go. But not on a mission, for we are not missionaries. The Spanish people do not need missionaries . . . they are . . . only a little misguided and confused. They need the Gospel. I will bring it to them...
...friendly salesman, of course, does not argue, does not sample the merchandise in the store, does not interrupt when the dealer says something, does not make remarks to women customers. He keeps his mind on the cooler (a subject which takes six hours of lectures and demonstrations alone), sees that it is properly stocked, and that the Coke is placed nearest the cooling unit...
...Interruptions, Please. The ideas behind these words, argues Adler, represent the most important questions that Western man has been asking since his civilization began. That civilization "is like a long continuing conversation in which Plato is talking to Copernicus and Copernicus is talking to Kant." With the Syntopicon (and Chicago's set of the Great Books), a reader will be able to put the conversation together, can interrupt it at any point, and follow any theme through as many centuries as he cares...
...Rayburn, some of whose best friends are oilmen, finally had to take the floor. "I don't think in view of my record in this House," he said solemnly, "I could be accused of having any great desire to serve the interests over the people." Dingell tried to interrupt him. "Now, John, I'm making this speech," said Sam. The bill, Sam declared blandly, would not raise the price of natural gas by "one red penny...
After tests on 53 normal people and 560 patients suffering from 72 diseases and disorders, there was no doubt of ACTH's dramatic powers. It can interrupt many diseases which have baffled doctors for centuries. But the way it works is no less baffling. Says Dr. Mote: his collection of data will raise many more questions than it answers. Its chief significance lies not in promises of quick cures by ACTH itself, but in giving clues to how the body works in health and disease, so that cures may eventually be found...