Word: mistakenly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Another important Tillich tenet is that such potent terms as God, Christ, Resurrection are symbols that should not be mistaken for the unknowable things for which they stand-a distinction that sometimes led him into such odd locutions as "the God above God." On this score, he was the despair of the orthodox, who always wanted to know whether he thought that the tomb was really empty on that first Easter morning. When Pope Pius XII defined the doctrine of the Virgin Mary's bodily assumption into Heaven, one eminent Jesuit friend of Tillich's was looking forward...
...presence). Typical is the moment in Verdi's La Forza del Destino, when Don Alvaro throws his pistol to the floor to show that he is above dueling with his sweetheart's father, the gun goes off and fires a bullet right through Pop's heart. Mistaken identity is rife; a girl who has spent the night with a man usually fails to recognize him next day if he changes capes. Every operatic boudoir seems to have a screen with someone hiding behind it, but the searchers never have the wit to look there. The hero...
...point of personal privilege, and Ev's allies talked darkly of demanding full-blown hearings that might well postpone reforms in the immigration law until next year. Dirksen was adamant. Said he: "If these young Turks think they can push me around, they're badly mistaken. I've got some rights around here, and I know how to use them...
...verdict expunged on the ground that a six-man jury must be unanimous. Then, if Judge Smith can resolve the issue of possible double jeopardy, D'Andrea may be retried. Ironically, illiteracy is unlikely to be an issue. Had the foreman signed the guilty slip in the same mistaken manner, D'Andrea could have raised that issue as a denial of fair trial. For the mo ment, though, he is delighted with the verdict of his illiterate peers...
...secret history; who send so many kings to their graves with a cup of poison; will repeat the discourse between a prince and chief minister, where no witness was by; unlock the thoughts and cabinets of embassadors and secretaries of state; and have the perpetual misfortune to be mistaken...