Word: christian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Communist charges that he had used his police force illegally during the recent farm strike. Said he: "Idle talk to make us lose our nerve. But the government in general and I in particular have stronger nerves than some quarters." Communist nerves had been edgy all day. When a Christian Democratic senator called a Communist senator "an unworthy child of Sardinia," the Sardinian demanded that his opponent retract the remark on pain of having his ears cut off. The opponent did not retract. After Scelba's speech, as if by signal, the Communist front benches rose...
...supported Alfred Smith, a Roman Catholic, in every campaign that he made. "I have no ill feeling toward any religion or toward any people of high or low estate because they belong to any religious group. I am sure the Cardinal has written in what to him seems a Christian and kindly manner and I wish to do the same...
...strange blend of Christian religion and primitive superstition Angel Sanchez had conceived a powerful devotion for the miracle-working Virgin of El Quinche. A dark, fanatical-looking mestizo, Sanchez even wore a medal of the Virgin pinned through the flesh of his breast. But last week he was locked up ia a Quito jail, charged with stealing the jewels from the highland village shrine where he had worshiped...
Between 20 and 30 churches have been seriously battered in the Palestine war. Total damage to church property since 1948 has been estimated at between $900,000 and $2,000,000, and Christian officials are pressing for full reparations. The Israeli government has promised special consideration when its Parliament considers a bill for the settlement of all war damages. Said Premier David Ben-Gurion: Israel will pay for church damage "where we are found to be responsible. I couldn't imagine any possible conflict between us and the Catholic Church...
Said Camp Director James Christian Pfohl: "[Up to now] imported music has peeled off Southern hides like bark off a slippery elm . . . We do not have a topflight professional music school in the South. We hope the students we train will lift the South's musical life...