Word: waver
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pure Ethic. The New Testament, says Dr. Scott, seems to "waver" between two basic ideas-that each man is an individual soul who must know and obey the will of God, and that each man must submerge his individuality in the great human brotherhood of which he forms a part. The Roman Catholic Church emphasized the social concept of Christianity; the Protestant Reformation reasserted the right of the individual to justify himself, in Paul's words, by faith alone. The truth, says Presbyterian Dr. Scott, is that Christ was never concerned with man-in-the-mass, but with showing...
...Discord. The solemn dedication to the "larger national cause" began to waver after the war. The shrewd, suave Moslem saw a shrewd, complexly simple Hindu, Mohandas Gandhi, step into the leadership of the nationalist Congress...
Next morning, just before stepping into the Black Maria which took him to be executed, Koch said: "I am repentant and very serene. Goodbye, good luck, I won't waver...
Last year Florabel bought control of the wavering Los Angeles City News Service, saw it waver still more when she was unable to staff it with experienced newsgatherers. Last week, tired, ailing, beaten for the first time, she announced she would shut up shop on Armistice Day. Said she: "I was having a talk with my croaker the other day. He says, 'Florabel, your ticker ain't worth a pot in hell-you take it easy.' So I guess I will...
...four little Aimee could name all the Books of the Bible. When other children were playing with dolls and hoops, she was teaching her dog Jip to pray, and preaching to the animals in her father's barnyard. Her faith began to waver as she grew older, and she was almost lost in agnosticism when in 1908 she attended a prayer meeting conducted by a handsome young Pentecostalist preacher named Robert Semple. She married him a few months later. Together they traveled to India and to China, Robert preaching and Aimee playing the piano. In Hong Kong, Robert Semple...