Word: ye
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, some members of the Old Guard stubbornly cling to power. Such veterans as President Li Xiannian, 76, and Marshal Ye Jianying, 86, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party Politburo and vice chairman of the party's military commission, continue to command a following in the military establishment. While they accept the reforms, they are said to harbor some doubts about their pace and scope. Among the most formidable of the pragmatists' adversaries is Chen Yun, a central planner who masterminded the Soviet-style economic programs of the '50s. He is said to believe that...
...Testament condemns such a view as sinful. "Judge not that ye be not judged," Jesus said. "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you." St. Paul decried the hunger for revenge as a blasphemy. "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him." One can admire these teachings, and yet sometimes find them impossible to accept, or act upon. Must one not make an exception in the case of someone as vile as Mengele? Would mercy toward him not mock his victims...
...laws of the 1700s got more intricate, but no more liberal. God-fearing schollars prepared for the Lord's day early, having to stay in on Saturday nights (of course Ye Olde Picadillie Fillie had not been built) and never forgetting to give thanks before leaving the dining hall...
...Hear Ye, Hear Ye...
...Guthri's proclaim to the world: behold before ye a man who spans the generation and who quotes both the Lord and Guthrie...