Word: sinning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...what new norms of logic does Archbishop Mitty conclude that the News is bigoted because it reveals that a Catholic clergyman is capable of sin? If the Church in the archdiocese of San Francisco is so decrepit that it will totter if it becomes known that one of its priests woos John Barleycorn, Pope Pius would do well to appoint a capable successor to Archbishop Mitty...
Mady Christians as Mama is quiet and brave and wise and she does a standout job. But right along with Mama is Oscar Homolka as Uncle Chris, "a black Norwegian" who stamps around bossing the family, drinking liberally, and living in sin with "that woman" who is his housekeeper. Little Dagmar has a pet eat. Uncle Elizabeth, and Nels, her brother, identifies it as a man eat, and backs up his statement by saying, "I looked...
...Paul and the Law. Last fortnight it was City Supervisor Edward Manusco's turn to read a chapter and explain to his colleagues what it meant to him. Then City Supervisor Chester MacPhee, acting as moderator, asked members to give their comments. The chapter, which concerns original sin, precipitated a warm discussion. Municipal Judge Daniel Shoemaker contended that from the legal point of view a person is innocent until proved guilty, that therefore a newborn baby cannot be sinful. Said David Lewis after the meeting: "That chapter is a tough one. But it made some of those guys think...
...ceaseless introspective poetry of comparison and analogy, prophecy and symbolism. He thought about the story of the Flood and its symbolic repetition in the tears of men. He compared the eerie legends of Egyptian mythology with the religious teachings of the Hebrews. He pondered upon the comparative meaning of sin. Sin for the Egyptians was not conscious wrongdoing, but more akin to a want of foresight. "It meant folly, it meant clumsy dealing with God, it was something to jeer at. Whereas wisdom meant foresight and care for the future...
Cheyenne's dilapidated, frame-built West End district* was a wide-open haven for girls, gambling and guzzling until last summer, when Army authorities from nearby Fort Francis E. Warren cracked down. Sin spots went under cover, which meant they had to begin buying protection. Soldiers (mostly Negroes) from Fort Warren still had a million-a-month payroll to blow. In sleazy backroom dives, blackjack stakes ran as high as $200 a game. Nightspots bootlegged whiskey because they could not get liquor franchises, limited in Cheyenne to 20 a year and unofficially valued at $50,000 each. Negro service...