Word: reached
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seems to me Benedictine Graham has entirely missed the point of Thomas Merton's teaching where lay people are concerned. Far from advocating that we turn our backs on the world, "letting it go to the devil in its own way," Father Louis shows us how to reach greater faith, serenity and courage to live in the world of today...
...Carolina state supreme court resoundingly reversed the lower-court conviction. Said the supreme court: even if Ingram had leered (which he denied), there had been "no overt act, no threat of violence ... We cannot convict him . . . solely for what may have been on his mind. Human law does not reach that...
Mechanical Falcons. Larger guns for use against high-flying bombers may eventually be equipped with the same sort of automatic control, but some antiaircraft experts believe that bombers flying eight miles up cannot be shot down dependably by any sort of gun. The shells take a long time to reach such heights. They may be deflected from their courses by unknown winds, or the target may turn...
Lanning's hero, Herbert Komar, is about as unheroic as a man can be. A timid accountant whose pleasures are as small as his appetites, he has managed to reach 60 without marriage, love or any other risk...
Life & the Living. Where James ended The Beast in the Jungle with a gesture of despair, Novelist Lanning allows his hero to discover that life is never beyond the reach of the living. He will marry Blanche too late ... but not too late...