Word: sicklies
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that they were being "betrayed" not only by De Gaulle but by some of their local heroes as well. Leon Delbecque, the zealot wool salesman who got the settlers and soldiers together in the first place (TIME, June 9), returned from a flying trip to France "to see my sick daughter," full of penitence for his earlier fiery criticisms of De Gaulle's Cabinet. He unctuously proclaimed: "Unity behind General de Gaulle must be complete . . . We must avoid creating obstacles which can only disturb General de Gaulle...
Healing the sick was one of the spectacular achievements of Christ's missionary disciples, but today, ailing Christians are far more inclined to turn for relief to an M.D. than a D.D. More and more clergymen, including the new United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (TIME, June 16), are taking seriously the idea that prayer has something to offer the body as well as the soul. In October 1953, the Church of England appointed a 28-man commission of ministers and medical men "to consider the theological, medical, psychological and pastoral aspects of 'Divine Healing.' " Last week...
Anxiety and fear, the commission granted, lay a man low, and therefore "many sick persons are in need of assistance which medical science in itself cannot supply," but in cases of so-called spiritual healing "there could never be established scientific evidence which would compel the conclusion that it was the spiritual content of the ministrations which had brought about the cure." In an appendix on "Christian Science and Spiritualism," the commission characterized Christian Science as "in clear conflict with the Christian Gospel," and added that "had the Church faithfully and intelligently carried out our Lord's commission...
Rinaldo had fallen sick, served time in prison camps, fought with the partisans, been invalided at war's end to hospitals in northern Italy. When he returned to Falciano and found Alba gone, her family told him she had married and moved to Belgium. But Rinaldo continued the search and found her at last, only to hear her tell him through the convent grating: "I love you no more. I have said goodbye to the world...
...election eve, O'Malley went on as the final speaker after two hours of shrill argument and ill-tempered accusations, and once again he threw his change-up. He was glad, he said, to be part of such a democratic process. He was sure the people were sick and tired of hearing about Chavez Ravine, and, as a matter of fact, so was he. "I'm not going to be angry with anyone," he said, "no matter which side loses." He looked and acted like a dumpy, fatherly man who could forgive his children their mistakes...