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Encouraged by the laughter greeting his allusion to pregnant virgins, he followed with a garbled version of the jingle that traditionally goes: "Holy Mother, I do believe/That without sin thou didst conceive;/And now, I pray, in thee believing/That I may sin without conceiving."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Humanist Blasts Belief in God(s) | 1/11/1962 | See Source »

As the news spread, Santo Domingo burst into jubilation-though Balaguer seemed to be having second thoughts and army officers held out for guarantees of no reprisals for their Trujillo-era deeds. Cars honked through the streets, loudspeakers burst forth with Jingle Bells to a merengue beat, and the anti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic: Dancing in the Streets | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

"Ho! Ho! Ho!'' chuckled the shopkeeper, listening to the jingle of the cash register. "Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Customs: But Once a Year | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

"We Will Bury." Cubans were prepared to believe the underground. Since taking power, Castro has worked tirelessly to mold his nation's youth into loyal-and militant-Communist cadres. Reading primers assure that the first name youngsters learn to spell is Fidel or Raúl, that their first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: And Now the Children? | 10/6/1961 | See Source »

New English Bible: New ent has bred in this reviewer sadness: much of it is very . All too often the transla crossed the fine limits of propriety; all too often have abandoned the rhythm he power of the Authorized for the jingle, the lifeless of bureaucracy, the quick and thoughtless...

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: The New English Bible: Truth in Bureaucratese | 5/5/1961 | See Source »

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