Word: devoutely
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...currents of defeatism in Washington last week. It came not from isolationists. It came from devout New Dealers, adherents of the President's foreign policy. Their theme: the "morale" of the U.S. was bad. President Roosevelt said that the people were not sufficiently "aware," but thought that cracker-barrel talk would make them more so (see p. 13). But Washington believed that around the cracker barrels the talk was all isolation, defeatism, apathy...
Greece: First Phase. Before they manned their guns on the Thracian front, the devout Greek soldiers asked for the last sacrament. They were not only resigned to death; many expected it. Then they went into the forts which, arranged in depth, were called the Metaxas Line...
...Monastir sector, announced that their troops were "impatiently awaiting the first opportunity of getting at the Germans." Grimly the Yugoslavs pointed out: "It is one thing to conquer the Komitajis' territory; it is another thing to conquer the Komitaji." This week was Orthodox Holy Week, and devout men like General Simovitch (who was not too devout, however, to divorce his first wife and marry one of the handsomest women in Yugoslavia) threw a religious fervor into their fighting...
With Roman Catholics and Protestants the world over working together in a more friendly spirit than ever before, Spain has reversed the worldwide trend and resumed its ancient place as the world's most devout persecutor of heretics. Facts about Spain's 25,000 Protestants (Baptist, Methodist, Congregational, Episcopal) vouched for by Dr. Henry Smith Leiper, American secretary of the World Council of Churches...
...Rose (some say it was originally Peter Ross) had a vocation--heraldry. His ability and knowledge were of the first order, and his consequent reputation was international. He made the heraldic designs for the Houses, for the Tercentenary, for Radcliffe and Yale and Princeton buildings. He was a devout Roman Catholic and an authority on ecclesiastical emblazonings. He was proud of an ancient French lineage, and his walls were hung with old family portraits...