Word: confessions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...state politics and carries as much national and international news as most papers its size. But all too often news stories turn out to be only slightly disguised Loeb opinions. ASKS U.S. BELLY CRAWL bawled the banner headline over a story about Senator Mike Mansfield urging the U.S. to confess that the Pueblo was in North Korean waters if the admission would bring about the release of the crew. Not long ago, the Union Leader happily featured a Manchester gravestone dealer who had placed a sign in his showroom window: "Save every bomb for Russia." No use wasting good bombs...
...Queen's coldhearted preference for profit, says Pope-Hennessy, was everywhere the rule. The pages of his book are crammed with standard excuses: "I confess it's not a thing I like," wrote Richard Drake, who nevertheless stayed with the business for 20 years, "but slaves must be bought and sold. Somebody must do the trading, and why not make hay while the sun shines?" Slavery,was one of God's ways of bringing the heathen to Christianity, it was argued; and besides, slavery helped rid Africa of its well-known criminal element...
...with headquarters, with no way of ever finding out whether the intelligence which we diligently collect and relay is what is required of us or is even relevant." Still, he added, "if you can stand the loneliness, it's a good life. But it is heartwarming, I must confess, once in a while to come in out of the cold...
...legitimate forms of protest I repeated (along with others) this suggestion and added that this particular one would not be without effect on those who sponsored such work in a university but that it did not have application at Harvard where, wisely, the Administration frowned on secret contracts. I confess that I did not think of the possible application of my suggestion to confidential or secret consulting work or research by individual Harvard professors. A member of the Faculty has since invited the attention of those who are, with sufficient reason, sensitive to the association between the University Community...
Dissatisfaction with the conventional format has led both priests and laymen to speculate on new ways to practice confession. Many theologians favor some form of return to the early church custom of group confession-as is done in many Protestant churches. In some Dutch churches, members of a congregation mentally express their sorrow for sin while publicly reciting an act of contrition, then receive absolution in a group from their priest, though private confession is available for those who want it. Still other Catholics have questioned whether confession need always be made in the presence of a priest. Although there...