Word: repeats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...impression that every soldier says an Act of Contrition every night. But I have found instances of Catholics who don't even know, the Hail Mary and as far as the Act of Contrition is concerned, don't make me laugh! I have had soldier after soldier repeat after me word for word the Act of Contrition so that I could give him absolution. And for penance, all I could give them was, 'My Jesus mercy!' to be said ten times a day for the next ten days...
...seen my duty and I done it," said he, properly embarrassed by his fame. "I'd just see one, give him a squirt and go up again, look around, see another, give him a squirt, then go up again, look around and repeat. There were: a lot of them around and it was just a matter of shooting at them...
...physicists were enthralled. They heard Prof. Ehrenhaft repeat what they all knew: "Electricity and magnetism represent an indivisible pair." But the phrase had a new meaning-for the first time, magnetism seemed a potentially hard-working partner...
Franklin D. Roosevelt, ardent student of Wilson's peacemaking mistakes, has often told friends that he is resolved not to repeat them...
Still on the subject of smokers--it may be a losing battle, but this column suggests that efforts be made to repeat the performance in January...