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Word: manye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Many a Roman Catholic, accustomed to a quota of "Hail Marys" or "Our Fathers" as penance for his sins, would be shocked if the priest told him to give up smoking for a week or get up every morning at dawn. But just such penances are proposed in the latest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: For Stiffer Penances | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

"It was my lot to reach quite young what many people consider the dream life of America: success by my own efforts, a stream of dollars to spend, a penthouse in New York, forays to Hollywood, the companionship of pretty women, all before I was 24 ... There I was in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Life of Mr. Abramson | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

The Oasis of Quiet. Wouk wrote the book for his fellow laymen. Gentile as well as Jew, but many a rabbi will read it for pointers on how to present and explain the meaning of the Sabbath and the holy days, the sacred symbols and rites of the Torah, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Life of Mr. Abramson | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

Wouk is sure that the answer to both questions is no. and that the only hope lies in training the best brains among the young in the law. And this to him means Orthodoxy. "If I stand up to be counted in that communion, it is not because I hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Life of Mr. Abramson | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

As usual with Soviet celebrities, facts are few. He was born at Rostov-on-Don, is 51 and has a son at Moscow University. About 5 ft. 9 in. tall, he has brown eyes that narrow to slits when he laughs and give him an oriental look. He is an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Buttoned-Up Spaceman | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

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