Word: misericordia
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...Heavy rains broke the months-old drought; hydroelectric stations started humming. Workers recently laid off went back to their jobs-but not at Euskalduna. The steel plant's blustering, belligerent manager, Elisardo Bilbao, an employer misplaced from the 19th century, posted a notice in the Plaza de la Misericordia. It said: all those who struck are fired...
Cardinal Villeneuve, Archbishop of Quebec and top-ranking member of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Canada, had suffered two heart attacks in six months. A fortnight ago he left Manhattan's Misericordia Hospital for California, hoping to convalesce in a convent at Alhambra. There, around 7 o'clock one morning last week, Msgr. Paul Nicole, the Cardinal's secretary, entered the prelate's room vested for Mass. The Cardinal was sitting before a small altar. The secretary finished the Introit (preliminary to Mass). Then the Cardinal interrupted...
...loss that did not rankle in the minds of the Council's representatives was that handed them by three feminine debaters at the Catholic college of Misericordia. This debate was presented before an audience packed with attractive Misericordia girls and followed by informal dancing with the opposing team. Veteran debaters rated Misericordia speakers above representatives of Radcliffe, Wellesley, and Vassar in poise, charm, and even debating! Arrangements were concluded on the spot for a return debate at Harvard next Fall...
...question of compulsory labor arbitration by the Federal government was verbally battled with College Misericordia in Dallas, Penn., on Tuesday; with Loyola in Baltimore on Thursday; with the University of Scranton in Scranton, Penn., on Friday, and in Saturday's radio debate with La Salle. The Harvard team was defeated on the Affirmative of arbitration by Micericordia and Scranton and won a judges' decision over Loyola while taking the Negative of the same question...
Then Dr. Seipel appeared to give evidence. In his breast was the bullet which Jaworek fired; in his soul was misericordia Domini. In the space of four minutes, this ascetic, pale and nervous priest said that his illness following the attack was in part owing to diabetes and that he felt for the prisoner "in a spirit of forgiveness." Jaworek sobbed. The jury found him guilty; the judge, taking into consideration his mental inferiority, sentenced him to three and a half years hard labor; and he was ordered to fast one day in every quarter...