Word: worshiping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Both the Republicans and the Democrats believe in ancestor worship. Last week the G.O.P. made its annual bow to the shade of Lincoln; this week the Democrats will honor their heavenly twins, Jefferson and Jackson. Harry Truman would make his obeisance to tradition by sitting down with a repentant Jim Farley at the Democrats' Jackson-Jefferson Day dinner in Washington...
Every morning, the students file into the bare assembly room, the boys seating themselves on one side and the girls on the other, for daily worship. The meeting begins with the usual few moments of silence. Then Principal Walton slowly unwinds his long legs and rises to read from the Bible. There is a period of silence again, and the pupils file...
Said one Japanese to a U.S. reporter last week: "I used to think Tojo should be hanged. Now I don't know. If we had won we would have tried the Americans." Said another: "When you people have left these islands, the Japanese will again return to traditional worship of exalted human beings. First to be enshrined will be Hideki Tojo...
...same way. As a slick-paper fictioneer and essayist (Generation of Vipers'), he had profitably entertained large congregations, often as not by insulting them. But as a newspaper columnist he had emptied the church. Off My Chest was a vitriolic series of sermons against clericalism, bigotry, and the worship of "Mom." Last week, after three years as a syndicated columnist, Philip Wylie admitted defeat...
...jury agreed with Andrew but reduced the damages from $40,000 to $5,000. The court ordered the church to lift the mite. Andrew seemed satisfied, said, "I think they will think for some time before they put on any more bans." He would be permitted to worship in an Amish Church but he would have no voice in the church or be admitted to communion. To the stubborn Amishmen, who frown upon court actions, God's law came before that of men. Andrew would still be under a mite of a mite...