Word: reproacher
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...curate of St. Clement's, Schinderhook, N.Y., a beautiful young man of stupefying idiocy whom everyone calls "Sonny," is visited by the stigmata-the five wounds of Christ. He bleeds in reproach to the worldly and the clever, it is supposed. But any serious social or theological point is hopelessly compromised by Leary's relentless facetiousness, extracting what fun is available in copes, albs, chasubles, incense and the osseous relics of saints with humorous names. The pity is that Leary has evident talent and high spirits; if he could be persuaded to stay away from church...
...knowledge on the part of admissions officers that "we could be wrong" prevents the admissions process from becoming simply a giant lottery; the letters of reproach remind the College that it is dealing not with lists of activities and ranks-in-class, but with the feelings and futures of individuals...
...same coin, however, the President's new confidence--even bonhomie, if one may judge from his Christmas chat, has allowed him to brush away British hesitations and French hostility toward the U.N. Congo expedition. For once America has enticed African nationalist sympathy openly, and without fear of allied reproach...
Overriding Concern. "Don't believe what others say of us or even what we ourselves say, but what we do," says Touré, and by that measure Guinea was beyond reproach during the Cuban crisis. When Touré visited the U.N. in October, he went out of his way to avoid Cuban President Dorticós. When the Russians requested permission to use Conakry's new, 10,663-ft. jet landing strip to service Cuba-bound planes, he turned them down cold, even though the Russians had built the strip themselves for that purpose...
Describing Peabody as "a Yankee Democrat," Howe declared that he is "beyond reproach for the party's follies and sins." He especially lauded Peabody's custom of turning to members of the academic world for advice without engaging in misty scholasticism. "'Chub' Peabody has surrounded himself with informed and disinterested persons," said Howe...