Word: profession
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...begun. The result is that Russia is not legally bound to spend a single ruble on Syrian development. And, in fact, the agreement has not yet netted Syria a single ruble. Economists consider many of the projects overambitious for the Syrian economy. But unlike the U.S., the Russians profess themselves willing to undertake whatever projects the Syrians want, regardless of their fundamental economic utility. Thus the Russians have achieved their real objective, which is not to make the Syrians prosperous but to keep them happy...
Your story of the failure to bury a child at the Jewish cemetery in Israel [Dec. 16] might have created an impression that the rabbis in Israel were heartless. In our religion, burial in a Jewish cemetery is a religious rite reserved to those who profess our faith. Since Aharon Steinberg was born of a non-Jewish mother, he was considered a non-Jewish child. The Catholic priest who refused the burial because the child was not baptized as a Catholic was following the tenets of his religion. Needless to say, it is natural for a religion to abide...
...waspish Columnist Cassandra (William Connor), who could hardly wait to return from his vacation to see what the postman had brought. One of the papers carrying his ad, the Washington Post and Times Herald, published its own reply: "The British are archaic. They cling to worn-out practices. They profess to see virtue in . . . training for public service, in honest elections . . . in decent manners, in regard for learning...
...science of roommate-choosing has its roots in darkest antiquity. Neanderthal man used the purely pragmatic approach, testing his prespective cavemate's worth by applying repeated delicate blows of the club to the latter's cranium. Although clubs today profess to more advanced methods of social scrutiny, the general idea has remained the same throughout the dim search of Man for Friend...
...health information officer and himself still on the payroll. "I cannot and will not sacrifice my own integrity and self-respect on the altar of economic security," he said. "Dr. Coggins has been severely persecuted and tormented, and the health department has collapsed. Practice the kind of Christianity you profess and rescind your action now! If you persist in this action, God pity...