Word: kneeling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When in reverence and homage we kneel...
...century science, now seem dated and more than dubious; but his struggle with faith-his inability to believe in Christianity and his lingering wish to return to it-is all too contemporary. One of his finest poems, The Oxen, recalls the legend that on Christmas Eve the oxen, too, kneel before God. Writes Hardy...
...fair a fancy few would weave In these years! Yet, I feel, If someone said on Christmas Eve ''Come; see the oxen kneel...
...Kneel (on one or both knees) at the victim's head. With thumbs touching and fingers spread, press straight down on his back to empty the lungs. Release the pressure smoothly, rock back, and lift the victim's elbows. This expands the lungs and makes them draw air in. Repeat the cycle twelve times a minute...
...friends replied. His mother and four other villagers had been accused of disloyalty to the "People's Government," and each had been fined 10,000 Hong Kong dollars. All had refused to pay, had been forced to kneel on the links of chains, with other heavy chains around their necks, and had then been denied food & water. In the end, all had confessed. One had been publicly executed but, pending payment, Sin-shee Jang was being forced to wear a sign reading "Landlord" and to walk miles each day on her bound feet...