Word: straightening
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...demons. Thus a conservative Christianity, which hasn't mythed away God and angels, appeals to them." Moreover, notes Plowman, street Christianity shares the conviction of early Christians that Doomsday is around the corner. "They see the world coming to a condition of hopelessness that only God can straighten...
...tried so hard to do everything people demanded of him. Never griped, never fought with his mother and me, never got into problems at school. Oh, he had his fights with teachers, disagreements really. But trouble? Not Tony. He never made great grades, but we thought the Army would straighten him out, get him to be serious about life, take some of the immaturity out of him. We didn't know it would come to this. Even when they sent him to Vietnam we thought it would be all right. We were pulling out troops, and there were...
...slouching individual is fitted with a sensitive belt around his back which measures the distance between his shoulder blades. If that distance exceeds a proscribed limit, the contraption rewards the individual with a slight buzzing sensation in his shoulders to remind him to straighten...
...young decry hypocrisy yet practice a brand all their own. Many talk peace while destroying and hating. They demand money for worthwhile domestic causes, but money needed elsewhere must be used to help straighten out lives ruined by mind-blowing, body-damaging drugs. They take up the ecological banner, and yet the Woodstock happening was an ecological nightmare. Some cry liberty for all and in the same breath laud the Viet Cong. Materialism is rejected, but as products of a materialistic society, they knowingly use and benefit from it daily. They want the war ended, but the type of protest...
Bater flew out the door with a cheery "Goodbye, Gentlemen." Others followed, including Schelling, who instructed Neustadt to take care of the bill, saying they would straighten out the finances Monday. Yarmolinsky left for the church...