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...Roman Catholic dogma. They are not to be confused with the Orthodox churches of the Near East which, likewise, are often lumped together as "Greek." Uniat churches exist because of a Catholic policy similar to the old trust builder's maxim: If you can't lick them, join them. The Roman Church absorbed numerous Orthodox faithful by allowing them to keep their customs, the discipline of their clergy, and their rites. To U. S. Catholics, Uniat Catholics of the Greek Rite were almost unknown until some 50 years ago. Then they appeared in districts where immigrants were arriving...
...bill went too far, but he did not see faults in the new proposal. He was a good political soldier. Even if the general's strategy was not quite the best, once the action was started, there was no use finding fault with it. His job was to lick the enemy and he intended...
Tune Detective Sigmund Spaeth last week became the possessor of a new job and title when executives of Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., convening in French Lick, Ind., announced his appointment as dean of the Wurlitzer School of Music. The school has 100 studios in the East, teaches 25,000 students, mainly of high-school age, how to play Wurlitzer instruments. About half study the accordion. Next favorite is the saxophone. Students start out on a simple course costing about $1.25 a week, including use of the instrument. Well-advertised Dean Spaeth will have charge of all schools, plans to tour them...
High in the clock tower of the British Houses of Parliament, Big Ben pealed three changes. It was 3 :45 p. m., the hour when London businessmen lick their lips and wonder if the office boy will never come with...
...Sherman stamp (TIME, Feb. 22, p. 16), no South Carolinian wants to lick Sherman from the rear...