Word: lording
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...television sets, a radio, two watches, a $100 hat, an electric blanket, shirts, ties, a watch chain, potatoes, oranges, walnuts, lima beans, homemade lemonade, 300 quarts of ice cream. After the speeches, Joe bit his lip and let the tears run down his cheeks. "I thank the good Lord that he made me a Yankee," he said...
With such immemorial tradition began the 555th year of Winchester College, one of Britain's oldest public schools and the prototype of such others as Eton and Harrow. Founded in 1394 by William of Wykeham, Lord Chancellor of England, the school has sailed through all the storms of church & state since the days of Richard II. By building character as well as learning into the make-up of its students (the school motto: "Manners maketh man"), Winchester has turned out a share of statesmen (including Sir Stafford Cripps) and military men (Field Marshal Earl Wavell) as well as literary...
Father Lortz feels that Protestants and Catholics must also share responsibility for a formidable task before them. "We must recognize that our Lord knows of only one church. He wills that there be but one sheepfold and one shepherd. In one of the most solemn moments of His life He prays with moving intensity that we may all be one . . . It is high time that we, who through four centuries have so lightly taken the presence of this division for granted, pay sincere heed to the warning which these His words contain for us. And there is a further task...
...this striving, charity must come first! The love of a common Lord must expand into a strong love for the brethren of other Christian bodies. We are responsible one for another...
...many encore numbers, the last ones resulting from shouted requests, included most of the old favorites such as "Foggy Foggy Dew," "The Blue Tail Fly," and so forth. If there weren't rules against giving a concert on the Lord's Day in this state, I am sure the recital would have lasted into the morning. Burl Ives and the audience were enjoying themselves that much...