Word: shriven
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Christendom's faithful, nearly as apprehensive, crowded French churches in record numbers to be shriven. Millions of listeners sat paralyzed by their radios. Said the Paris announcer: "Now you will hear some silence from Bikini." After 15 seconds of torturing silence, the announcer said: "A listener just phoned to say that the bomb went off 45 minutes ago. It is hard to believe that the listener is better informed than...
...Glory-bent citizen, driving 80 miles an hour for a priest to be shriven, turned over twice on a curve, lived to tell...