Word: reproaching
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scornfully Friends because Christ said to his disciples, "I have called you friends." But because Founder Fox preached that the time had come for men to quake and tremble before the Lord, the irreverent called his following Quakers. The word has long since ceased to be a term of reproach...
...general 1% sales tax that filled Louisiana pockets with brass and aluminum tokens, one of the highest gasoline taxes in the country. General was the clamor for a clean-up of the judicial system. Said Sam Jones: 1) dictatorial laws must be abolished; 2) courts must be placed above reproach; 3) Louisiana schools must be revitalized. "Louisiana has gone back into the hands of the people. . . . A new day has dawned on this State after a long night with foul things happening in the dark...
...tutors was Charles Thomson, later secretary of the First Continental Congress. Lodging with Schoolmaster Dove and his wife, Tutor Thomson heard them gossip so maliciously about their acquaintances that it scared him. When he moved away he got them to sign a statement that his conduct had been above reproach...