Word: prays
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...believe. Matters hung in a balance for 48 hours. Prince von Starhemberg issued dark threats of what he would do if the Government "did not live up to its promises"-said promises being apparently an out & out Fascist dictatorship on the Italian model. Unperturbed, little Millimetternich continued to pray, then sketched in tentative outline his plans for the new Constitution: The parliamentary system will be greatly modified, not wholly abolished. Above both chambers of Parliament will be placed a Council of State of some 20 members to be appointed by the President and smacking vaguely of Benito Mussolini...
...keeper" figure prominently in this model ceremony. It is quite possible that this nomenclature may precipitate a flurry of sociable controversy. How, for example, is one to state whether the lefthanded keeper of the keys is to be Mr. Endicott, Mr. Saeger, or, to proceed, Mr. Westcott? And who, pray, in the Widener terminological maze would forfeit his mellifluous title for the Charter and Seal...
...thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. . . . Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you;'' (Matthew...
...subordination to Buddhism. There are two forms of Shintoism, one non-sectarian and ancillary to the State, the other sectarian and divided into 13 officially-recognized groups, plus many smaller, unofficial ones. Keynote of Shinto belief is to venerate the Sun Goddess, Great Ancestress of the Imperial House. To pray for the welfare of the Japanese Emperor is to pray for the welfare of the whole nation. Next thing is to seek Cleanliness and Purity (washing the hands and if possible rinsing the mouth before approaching a shrine) and to avoid the contamination of Death and Blood. Out of Shinto...
...several shrines they arrested a total of 49 young men who had come provided to pray for "Greater Japan" equipped with everything from ancient Samurai headgear and swords to daggers, cans of kerosene and banners appealing to the public in such moving terms that police kept the texts rigidly secret. After grim days of extreme alarm, with police guarding banks, major business offices, electric power stations and waterworks, tension relaxed sufficiently for Premier Saito to give a party. Out of their limousine stepped U. S. Ambassador & Mrs. Joseph Clark Grew, he a trifle lame and slightly deaf. Just as they...