Word: meekness
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...musical is complete without children, and this one boasts 15 active urchins, running and jumping and singing to no apparent purpose. It also has its giant, who, in his minute or so, brings down the house with a meek "Ho, ho, ho," which is at least funny, if still meaningless...
...Where is the integrity of the West German government in its meek surrender to Egyptian blackmail [Feb. 19]? And where is the good sense of the U.S. Government when it tiptoes around instead of positively and proudly meeting the defense requirements of Israel, the only Western-oriented country in the Middle East...
...theology, his chatty sermons are lightened by references to such contemporary phenomena as booing cricket umpires, which he deplores, and cosmetics, which he endorses ("God made women beautiful, and they should develop this talent"). When he recently took his text from the Sermon on the Mountain"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth"-Powell turned it into a homily on how to live with an inferiority complex...
...Boston Port Bill, one of the Coercive Acts, he prophesied that "if that mad and cruel measure should be pushed. . . England has seen her best days." Most Englishmen disagreed: "They will be Lyons whilst we are Lambs, but if we take the resolute part they will undoubtedly prove very meek." The "resolute part" was taken, making the Revolution inevitable...
...effect, these students participate in the same sort of adolescent fantasy-power life. They are Harvard's Walter Mittys; many are also wonks of varying descriptions. Meek Milquetoasts in reality, they attend Albert Finney or Belmondo or James Bond movies on nights off from Lamont. Identifying powerfully with their heroes, they sneer at themselves in the men's room mirror of the Harvard Square Theatre during intermission...