Word: amenities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fill this house. Let these virtues be a pledge of prosperity and happiness for all who come therein, either for giving or for receiving. And that, giving or receiving a few francs, they be judged worthy in return of obtaining the imperishable and eternal riches of thy everlasting kingdom. Amen...
...style shows. Unperturbed, Elizabeth Howkins tapped private sources, last week ran a story about next spring's styles (heavy on geometric designs, skirts like "deflated melons"). "It's ridiculous," said Editor Howkins, "to observe such release rules." To that, newsmen in other fields could only say amen...
...Catholic formula: "May our Lord Jesus Christ absolve thee; and I, by His authority, absolve thee . . . inasmuch as in my power lieth, and thou standest in need. Finally, I absolve thee from thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen...
...Amen. Aware that at Warner's Rachel Cade (the story of an unmarried, gravid female missionary) is being filmed, and that at United Artists, Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis' story of a hypocritical preacher) is in process, other moviemakers complained that sex and violence are not the real issue. The council, they charged, is really worried about pictures that include criticism of the church. Such pictures have long been submitted as a matter of course for suggestions; today the industry is beginning to think twice about accepting such correction. Producers question the possibility of ever getting the council...
...Rasbach, American Lutheran and a member of the Film Board Committee, to say: "It is decidedly unChristian, after a man has put millions of dollars into a picture, to tell people not to see it. We want the industry to police itself." To that, Hollywood said a loud "Amen," and waited to see what happens next...