Word: orthodox
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year before taxes), Charlie Skouras threw himself into public works with the same furious energy he lavished on his theaters, contributed to everything from Greek war relief to the Boy Scouts, almost single-handedly raised $2,000,000 for the construction of Los Angeles' opulent Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral...
...Green to move the ball out of its territory; too often were nascent Crimson drives stopped short by interceptions or fumbles. It might be noted that in keeping with the chance element of the game the Crimson's only touchdown resulted from a long desperation pass, while its more orthodox power thrust in the third quarter failed both for lack of signal-calling imagination and a determined Dartmouth stand...
...moral need be stated explicitly in the Alabama case, the damage was small, and perhaps the warning was great. In the words of a southern editor, "The pell-mell, thoughtless enactment of this bill was simply a nervous tic from the orthodox fat-head...
...think of the major Christian Communions as arranged along a line, somewhat like parties in a legislature, from right to left according to their proximity to, or distance from, traditional Catholicism, the "right" embraces in turn the orthodox churches: Anglicanism, Lutheranism and Presbyterianism. Proceeding from the opposite end of the line at the extreme "left," we find the Friends, the Baptists, the Disciples of Christ, the Congregationalists, other smaller bodies sprung from the "radical Reformation," and the Methodists ; these account for well over 40% of the World Council's membership. In the center, uniting within their membership churches...
...dryly, "that most women who sit a horse well are lacking in tenderness"). From Paris, Jane rode on to Bavaria, became the mistress of King Ludwig I, married a Bavarian baron and bore two more children. Swept off her feet by a Greek count, Jane was baptized into the Orthodox faith, married again, arrived in Athens where she had another baby, broke with her husband and became the mistress of Greece's King Otho (son of her former lover, King Ludwig). After swapping Otho for an Albanian general, Jane proceeded to Syria, where a "very possessive" young Arab "swept...