Word: martyrize
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...ever made. The film retells the tragedy of a practical man who, when forced to choose between the world at his feet and the God above his head, tried terribly hard to stay right where he was, but was forced by the strength of his spirit to become a martyr malgre...
...Berkeley's aging young agitators, it was a dreamlike revival of past hell raising. To Berkeley's recently confident administrators, it was a sickening replay of two-year-old nightmares. Cops swung clubs on campus. Angry students scratched and bit policemen, or defiantly lay prone. The perennial martyr, Non-Student Mario Savio, exhorted cheering students, some perched in trees, to stay out of class. Nearly 2,000 of them did, and Berkeley again seemed close to coming unhinged...
...Southerner who believes discrimination is wrong can take a strong stand and become a martyr, but he must consider the consequences of his defeat, and the possibility that his successor might be an extreme segregationist, McCarthy added...
...scrolls into modern languages. De Vaux also headed the 36 scholars who prepared the Bible de Jérusalem, the first translation to take advantage of the scrolls' discoveries, including an early script of Isaiah. Located near the Damascus Gate, on the spot where Christianity's first martyr, St. Stephen, was stoned to death, L'Ecole Biblique currently has 42 postgraduate scriptural students enrolled. Most of them are Catholic priests, but Protestants are always welcome to use its facilities. The scholars of L'Ecole Biblique are proud that their own Bible de Jérusalem...
Since his 211,000 votes did not constitute a clear majority, Arnall faces a runoff on Sept. 28 against Atlanta's Lester Maddox, 50, who became a martyr to the segregationist cause by closing down his Pickrick restaurant in Atlanta rather than obey the 1964 civil rights law barring racial discrimination in public accommodations. Maddox drew 166,000 votes in an unexpectedly close struggle for second place with State...