Word: repeating
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...decried the "gravely deplorable manifestations" of the past and, quoting from a declaration of the Second Vatican Council, stated that the church "deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti- Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone." Then the Pope added, to ringing applause, "I repeat: by anyone." John Paul also expressed "abhorrence" at the "genocide" of millions by the Nazis and, as did Rabbi Toaff, paid tribute to the Catholics who at great risk helped Rome's Jews, among whom 11,000 of 13,000 survived the German occupation...
...brown wrapping paper, he composed a long poem about a homosexual murderer, then a novel about a male prostitute, Our Lady of the Flowers (1943). Scandalized, the eminent critic Paul Valery declared, "This must be burned." Others strongly disagreed. In 1948, when Genet faced a life term as a repeat offender, Sartre, Andre Gide, Paul Claudel, Jean Cocteau and other literati circulated a petition protesting the sentence. It won Genet a presidential pardon...
...Crimson pull a repeat miracle out of the bag? "We have to have some help from Penn," Crimson Captain Bobby Kay says. "But there's no question in my mind that we're capable of winning...
...that they are making progress on human rights. Secondly Jewish emigration sets a bad example for other minority groups in Soviet society. In 1979, after large numbers of Jews were allowed to leave, "everyone wanted to emigrate," Sergy said. "It was a bad political mistake, and they will not repeat...
Prisons used to have two purposes. One was reform; but we know prisons don't reform prisoners, as the enormously high rate of repeat offenders attests to. If anything, inmates become better criminals in prison, learning the tricks of the trade from the pros...