Word: omitted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Blessed & Peaceful. Pastor Harris, who writes a religion column in the Atlanta Journal, has blown up a storm among his readers with the news that, at the recent Southeastern Methodist Conference, the Committee on Hymnology petitioned the Methodist General Conference to authorize a new hymnal that they hope will omit such oldtime gospel hymns as What a Friend We Have in Jesus and Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine. Musically, said the committee, they are difficult to sing; theologically they are inadequate...
...entertaining above all, so I'd better play up the farcical opportunities and invent a lot of by-play. Still, I only have two hours and a half. Well, I'll do a little pruning here and there in the text; and I guess I'll just have to omit the whole taunting of Malvolio in prison, though I realize it's the climax of the entire anti-Malvolio plotting. This does mean I'm upsetting Shakespeare's delicately balanced construction; but that will have to yield just this once to allow for my additions, because, after...
...Strunk loved the clear, the brief, the bold.'' White writes, "and his book is clear, brief, bold." It consists mainly of eight rules of usage, ten principles of composition, a few matters of form. Each Strunk command (Do not break sentences in two. Use the active voice. Omit needless words) is followed by a short, barking essay and examples in parallel columns-right v. wrong, timid v. bold, ragged v. trim. Strunk had pet usages; he insisted on forming the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's regardless of the final consonant (Rule 1 ). It would have...
...Economic Research gave a qualified answer in its annual report: on a percentage basis, industrial output in Russia has risen more rapidly than in the U.S. since 1928, but only about one-fourth as rapidly as the Russians claim. Russia's growth statistics are peppered with gaps, probably omit some stagnant or declining industries, use highly doubtful totals. Most of Russia's gain has been the result of massive diversion of manpower to industry, a regimented movement roughly similar to the voluntary exodus to the cities that took place in the U.S. in the late 19th century...
...somewhat trimmed text, he has on occasion overlapped the scenes; for instance, the Capulets' ball gets under way before Romeo and his pals on the street outside have finished their say. The resulting production has a running time of two and a half hours. It was inexcusable, however, to omit the prologue speeches, even to accommodate the clock...