Word: particulars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sculptor. Their miner's home was poor and crowded-Henry was the seventh of eight children. Father Moore was a fair but stern man. Says son Henry: "He was the complete Victorian father, aloof, spoiled like all of them in those days. No one could sit in his particular chair. But though he was not outwardly soft, he had a real concern and love and ambition for us. Particularly for his sons." He wanted Henry to become a schoolteacher, like his older brother Raymond and sister Mary...
...others were born Catholics. Of those, however, who were reared in a Catholic tradition, almost one fourth now declare themselves to be "agnostics" or "atheists." Another six retain formal affiliation with the Church but partially withhold intellectual assent or seem lax in their religious practices, though they have no particular disagreement with Catholic theology...
Moreover, the influences of the University are hard to isolate. Four-fifths of the Catholics who reacted against their religious tradition dated their original reaction back to secondary school or earlier. And only about half of the more or less "questionable" Catholics noted particular aspects of the College as factors in their religious "transition." It is interesting that only one fourth of Harvard Catholics attended parochial secondary school...
...last week came reports that, true to his promise, the Imam had ordered the decapitation of one of his subjects and the amputation of the left hand and right foot of 15 others, in punishment for the murder of a high official last June. Clearly, the Imam's particular brand of peace was about to return to Arabia Felix...
...Barnett's first acts as Governor will be a conference with his particular hero, Arkansas' Governor Orval Faubus and like-minded Southern segregationists. "I am going to put forth every effort,'' he promised, "to organize Southern Governors to create and crystallize public opinion throughout the nation with reference to our traditions and Southern way of life." Crowed State Democratic Chairman Bidwell Adam after the election: "I want to say I'm thankful to God that Ross Barnett has saved Mississippi...