Word: strays
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Christian Church, often mentioned, is never seen. It exists as the possibly common Idea behind the many wrangling Words. Of the two great divisions of Christendom, Catholic and Protestant, neither is ready to merge with the other. The Catholics are willing to receive stray sheep; the Protestants are trying to federate the flocks...
...wife, June, at a revival and married her because she was a Christian and lived as God wanted her to. We said grace at each meal. At breakfast one morning the idea occurred to me to kill her for fear she might stray from the Christian life. This plan was strengthened by the fact that I soon lost my job and was unable to care...
...other whites. In a dive, he sold them opium at $1 a paper. Another place was a bowling-alley. When one bowler saw him bunching the pins for the next man, Taylor had to leave through a window. Life was not all work. The white boys had a game "Stray Goose." One boy ran, until caught and pummeled. Taylor helped. When he was 16 he put on a cowboy's costume and strutted to a dance. The girls were nicer than Big Maude's. He began to dream and want money. He told his mother what...
...restriction on gloves and baseball masks. When the judges have looked over the cats, the three contestants who have made the best jobs will be presented first, second and third prizes. . . . Guards will be stationed at the sides and ends of the enclosures to make sure that no stray dog enters...
...greatly surprised at the comment my stray remark caused in the press. Lately I have received newspaper clippings from places as distant as Cape Town, Madras, and Ceylon. I don't mind what editors say about me, having been one myself. But I do dislike to be misunderstood...