Word: oft
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...acknowledged fact that Parsis are known for their hospitality and charity. "Parsi. thy name is Charity" is an oft heard truth, and it is this charitable nature that has given birth to our custom of exposing the dead bodies to vultures. A pure Parsi believes in charity and donation even after his soul leaves his body. "Let the bird feed on my flesh and my bones return to Mother Earth." That principle underlies our practice of confining our dead to the dokhmas...
...meant to be possessed." At the beginning of the book DeCrow provides extensive historical background for her theories. Most of this material is not germane to her present subject--today's injustice--because it is concerned with legal practices long dead and buried. DeCrow does spare her reader the oft-used propaganda rhetoric of some "movement" books, but the hesitating, abrupt style and odd organization is at times irritating...
...Barnum and William Peter Blatty and evil conspirators of all kinds, The Godfather is still numero uno--it's still the most-seen movie ever made. It is also, strangely, one of the most worthy, which practically sets the amber waves of grain back swaying in that great and oft-frozen historical Sky-Movie of the American taste buds. A picture this good being this popular is about as probable as David Eisenhower chanting Maoist slogans from the bleachers, so be patriotic and see it again. A dollar twenty-five is also very patriotic. Not to mention the fact that...
...political ritual that has been present in the constitutions of organized societies since their beginnings--a ritual whose purpose and effect has been to affirm, not undermine, the unity of the people and the moral rectitude of the prevailing order. The parliamentary "vote of no confidence" is an oft-cited example of modern impeachment sans desastre, but impeachment rituals were also held by our "primitive" forebearers (and are still held by tribes like the Swazi) as often as four times a year. And, far from a prelude to social disintegration, the rituals were seen as a source of political, economic...
...banquet last week for General Khieu Samphan, commander of the insurgent Communist forces in Cambodia, Premier Chou En-lai lashed out at the U.S. for having "brazenly made a massive invasion into Cambodia." In an oblique reference to Richard Nixon, Chou contemptuously dismissed the President's oft-stated goals for détente with the comment: "The revolutionary people do not all believe in a so-called lasting peace' or a 'generation of peace.' So long as imperialism exists, revolution and war are inevitable...