Word: paradox
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Theologian Baillie's lucidity does not come from dodging complications. "Most of the great heresies arose from an undue desire for simplification," he dryly observes. He even tackles the place of paradox in theology...
Hiding in the Limelight. Yet that was the error made by much of the British public in the years before Churchill became a member of the war cabinet. The paradox was that he remained in part unknown despite all his own writing, all his years of public service and all that had been written about him. He hid in the limelight. His secret weapon was that everyone thought he knew all about...
...This paradox, and the propaganda piffle which surrounded it, was bound to baffle almost anyone in or out of this world. Even such worldlings as the U.S. Embassy staff in Paris were confused-Ambassador Jefferson Caffery last week found it necessary to summon them all to a special briefing session. How could you explain the situation to a plain American, or a Frenchman-or to a man from Mars? The situation was really sublimely simple...
...wonderful, and the conducting of Isadore Godfrey was for the most part an improvement on the D'Oyly Carte recording. His original use of the accompanying bass and of the French horns was one of the many surprises of the evening. Among other pleasures were the singing of the "Paradox" ("ha-ha-ha-ha") trio and the presence of the pitiful little corps of policemen who wander on and off the stage in bewilderment during the second...
Profitable Paradox. In 1929, T.U.C.'s Ernie Bevin swung the deal that made the Herald the profitable paradox it is today. Bevin sold a 51% interest to Odhams' Press, run by a business wizard named Julius Salter Elias (later Lord Southwood). Elias was willing to let Labor tell him how to sell Socialism, as long as he could tell Labor how to sell papers...