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...Christians. Stirred by what he heard, Evangelist Leader Barnhouse held a conference with top Adventists at his Pennsylvania farm. Wrote he: "We are delighted to do justice to a much maligned group of sincere believers, and in our minds and hearts take them out of the group of utter heretics like the Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons and Christian Scientists, to acknowledge them as redeemed brethren and members of the Body of Christ...
There was no air of Christmas holiday in Andau's refugee camp. Men, women and children slept in utter exhaustion on straw pallets. A middle-aged woman awoke with a start, already weeping. She stared around in hysterical terror. Near her, a young man gazed emptily at the ceiling, suddenly leaped from his mat, clutched a filthy rag to his mouth and ran for the door, vomiting as he went. A little girl danced happily around the room, holding a tattered rag doll to her breast, then sat down on the dirty floor and cried soundlessly, helplessly...
...counterman as she ordered weak tea. Her husband, a tall, stooped, somber man in a sports jacket, remained aloof. His heavy, bald dome wrinkled uneasily; his face drooped; his mouth was firmly shut. He folded and unfolded his big hands, cracking a knuckle occasionally and gazing, with utter absorption, at the garish, commonplace surroundings. His blue-grey eyes shone steady and intense as the crack of dawn...
When the Six Senators of the Democratic Apocalypse first announced their intention of carrying out the Democratic platform come hell or high water, there was initially much confusion and consternation in the ranks. The idealists were overjoyed. But the practical party-liners were aghast at the prospect of utter destruction of Democratic unity on essential bills in the Senate. The latest move of the liberal Democrats, however, in forming a twenty-star Committee outside the House should be both idealistic and practical enough to satisfy both sides...
Canada, torn by its historic loyalty to Britain, and its utter ignorance of just what Britain was doing, decided not to condemn Britain and France publicly. But it was miffed by having been kept in the dark by Eden. Not until two days after Israel's invasion did Canada suspend a scheduled delivery of 24 Sabre jets to Israel. External Affairs Chief Lester Pearson called the Anglo-French decision to intervene in Egypt "a most unhappy...