Word: thanking
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Peter saw the "gift of tongues" in a group of Gentiles as evidence that the Holy Ghost was present and they should be baptized forthwith. Paul cited it as a notable Christian gift, and though he had it himself ("I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all"), he warned in his first letter to the Corinthians against letting it get out of hand. The general practice lasted into the 3rd century. Now glossolalia seems to be on its way back in U.S. churches-not only in the uninhibited Pentecostal sects but even among Episcopalians, who have...
...also threw in extra cameras, rigged up arc lights, offered its reporters bonuses for scoops. When Vice President Nixon arrived at O'Hare International Airport, a Jeep-borne camera broke through the crowd; when President Eisenhower landed, a cagey CBS reporter persuaded Chicago Manufacturer William Rentschler, chairman of "Thank You Ike Day," to wear a microphone under his tie, and CBS picked up the words of Ike's greeting to the welcoming committee ("I know this must be taking a lot of time and effort...
...shall never forget when I finally read the review in Martindale's bookstore; I really wish to thank you for that moment...
Pressure v. Performance. Nobody had said much about his Roman Catholicism since the West Virginia primary, but Kennedy wanted to thank the Democratic Party for taking, along with him, "what many regard as a new and hazardous risk . . . The Democratic Party has once again placed its confidence in the American people, and in their ability to render a free and fair judgment," said he. "And you have, at the same time, placed your confidence in me, and in my ability to render a free, fair judgment, to uphold the Constitution and my oath of office, to reject any kind...
...life, its Americanism all'italiana, the hustle and bustle of its business life. Milan, as one of the biggest centers of free enterprise in Europe, had been heretofore nearly ignored by U.S. press correspondents, who generally preferred covering the highly colorful Sweet Life of Rome, and we thank you for so authoritatively filling...