Word: inasmuch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Roman 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...
...text of Canon Collins' sermon was "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me," but the throng in London's St. Paul's Cathedral had come to hear another voice. Too big for his brown suit, Baritone Paul Robeson began with pix Crossing Over Jordan, sent a series of wild melodies booming through the cathedral in the first recital of secular songs in the history of St. Paul's. Afterward, many of the congregation of 4,000 pressed around the American Negro...
...switch from the customary muscle operation, the Professor on at least one occasion used sweet-talk in pursuing the mob's objectives, according to committee files. "Inasmuch," he once implored a Jersey City cargo exporter, "as the Jersey City waterfront has immoral and undependable and unpredictable working types, I think you should consider moving your operators to Brooklyn [where the docks are run by "Tough Tony" Anastasia, the late Albert's brother]. All I can offer you is the guarantee of a scholar and a gentleman. Let me assure you that I will give you 5,000 spiritually...
Thus, though Secretary Dulles attributed his decision to unspecified "new factors" in the China situation, it was clear that the State Department continued to consider the foreign operations of the press an instrument of U.S. foreign policy. Said the pro-Administration New York Herald Tribune: "Inasmuch as the American press has been functioning since before the birth of the Republic and has a special position under the U.S. Constitution, the idea that it should be placed on probation by the State Department is somewhat breathtaking...
...Inasmuch as we have been unable to discover any psychologically understandable process to account for the schizophrenic complex, I draw the conclusion that there might be a toxic cause. That is, a physiological change has taken place because the brain cells were subjected to emotional stress beyond their capacity ... I suggest that here is an almost unexplored region, ready for pioneering research work...