Word: profess
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Church inaccurately calls herself Catholic, that is, universal. The Roman Church claims to be the Church. This means that in her eyes there exist no other churches, but only sects ... If we do not profess allegiance to Rome we are out of the fold, no matter how much genuine religion enters into the texture of our life. We belong in the slums of Christianity...
Communists are shifty, and treacherous colleagues, and I do not wish to collaborate with them in any program of political or social action; even when they profess to be working with you on this or that issue, their actions reveal that they have different and incompatible ends in view. Hence I think university presidents are justified in not hiring known Communists, and are justified in firing them in cases where a teacher has clearly sacrificed his freedom to use his own independent judgment. Use of this latter power, however, threatens a flood of abuses; it can only be held...
...spectre of the black panther breeds over the whole tale, moving constantly in the thoughts and dreams of the men, even those who profess not to believe in its existence. However, the author never makes it clear, or even partially clear, what this symbol is supposed to mean. Does it exist only in the minds of the men who fear it, or does it represent a malignant spirit which wants to drive them out of the valley? Whatever his concept of the black panther was, Clark doesn't carry it through. Therefore, one begins to suspect that the black...
Third, the Teachers' Union resolved that "in time when widespread suspicion and organized pressure threaten the independence of university scholars, every effort must be made to preserve the principles of academic freedom, and special effort should be made to avoid stigmatizing or punishing members of the faculty who profess independent or unpopular views...
...course, been out of order. (3.) The retort which would have sufficed, had a order. (3.) The retort which would have sufficed, had a retort been in order, is the way to dispose of Mr. Curley which is in closest accord with the tenets that the do-gooders generally profess is not to substitute a different organizational form for the government of Boston but to lick Mr. Curley in an election by offering a candidate and program which the voters of Boston would prefer to Mr. Curley, who, it may be noted, has done a great deal for Boston...