Word: utters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hope, utter charlatan though she be, at least lures us to life's end along a pretty road...
...Marseille, put the issue bluntly to Premier Michel Debré: "It is the government's duty to condemn torture. If it believes such practices are necessary, it must say so. It must not hide the truth." White-faced, Debré interrupted to call the book a "complete and utter fabrication. When the limits of what I would call 'the right to be angry' have been overstepped, measures have been taken." Debré said that "two hired Communist hacks," were authors of the book, though it is issued by a respected resistance-born publishing house, Les Editions...
Mercy & Damnation. In Calvin's theology, the prime attribute of God is transcendent sovereignty, and man's chief end is to know and glorify him. But by Adam's fall, man inherited utter depravity and corruptness-not only as a punishment, but also as a kind of disease, creating a condition for which eternal punishment is merited and just. "It is certain," wrote Calvin, "that in our body and soul there is in the eyes of God nothing but repulsive filth." But in his mercy, God has elected to save some by giving them the grace...
...trite account of the nocturnal habits of a seedy set of people. In the absence of any moral clarity, either in defense of or opposition to this new life, we are left with a gutless congregation of men and women--shallow, mechanical, colorless--who do absurd things and utter ridculous statements but who never seem to be aware of their own humanity...
...collective-farm manager, though the novel is otherwise as apolitical as spring rain) who promises Serioja a shiny bicycle with a red lamp and silver bell. It is the boy's first love affair. There is the thrill of anticipation, the rapture of possession, satiety, neglect, then utter boredom as the bike rusts untouched in a kitchen corner. A new baby brother is expected, but the death of great-grandmother is more awesome. With compassionate wisdom, the stepfather assures the shaken boy: "We shan't die, you especially, that I'll guarantee...