Word: servante
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...Amherst group returned after intermission to sing twelve folk songs of various nations. Best were the four Russian songs in settings by Stravinsky. Conductor Robert Beckwith brought out some of the robustness and precision that had been lacking in the chorus earlier. A rousing delivery of Set Down Servant, and some Amherst songs brought this part of the program to a close...
...national Brotherhood Week, Collier's asked some leading citizens to quote their favorite Bible passages. Harry S. Truman: "Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad . . ." (I Kings 3:9). Senator Robert A. Toft: "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit . . . Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them" (Matthew 7: 18-20). U.S. Steel's President Benjamin A. Fairless: "Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy...
...Fawkes and some other rash adventurers hatched their abortive plot to blow up King James and his Protestant Parliament. Although Father Gerard knew nothing of the plot, the anti-Catholic reaction was so strong that he had to leave the country. He slipped across the Channel disguised as a servant of the Spanish ambassador...
Early next day, a servant brought the King's morning cup of tea. The tea was never drunk: a blood clot had stilled George VI's valiant heart as he slept (see MEDICINE...
Fordyce W. Luikart, Chief of the Examining and Placement Division in the Civil Service, stated that "the public servant has to fight hard for his dignity and self respect...