Word: gradually
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week, Bishop Théas celebrated Mass on the steps of the old basilica, before Pierre Cardinal Gerlier, Archbishop of Lyons, 17 visiting bishops (two from the U.S.†), and a sprinkling of politicians, including Italy's former Premier Amintore Fanfani. Bishop Théas read the gradual for the day: "The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come; the song of the dove is heard in our land. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come, my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall...
...purposefully ignoring the sump-oil insults smeared on their house walls a fortnight ago. To counteract charges that the Dutch were being physically hustled out of Java, the government refused to allow foreign airlines to lay on special planes, made clear that the ejection of the Dutch would be gradual and proper...
...death in 1790, make good citizens." With these words, Franklin set up in Boston one of the earliest of U.S. foundations-a ?1.000 fund approximately $5,000) to provide loans : 5% interest to "young married artifiers." It was all very worthy, but there was one hitch. With the gradual disappearance of apprentices, the Franklin Foundation ran out of young artificers to sponsor...
...course but harm the company itself. The best way to eliminate the cost and waste of problem drinking in industry is to face up to the problem. Says Mrs. Elizabeth D. Whitney, executive director of Boston's Committee on Alcoholism: "We're encouraged by the gradual awakening that has occurred in business and industry. There is a growing awareness that alcoholism is everybody's business, especially that of business...
...main arguments advanced by the Administration for the advisability of a year in the Yard are: that it provides a more gradual transition to college life than the Houses; that it gives freshmen their own set of activities; that freshmen meet more people and develop more "class spirit" than they would in the Houses; that a freshman is helped by being surrounded by people "in the same boat"; and that upperclassmen would be a harmful influence on a student's life so early in his undergraduate career...