Word: modern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...them, the hymn Praise, my Soul, the King of Heaven, has been selected by Princess Elizabeth as the opening hymn at her wedding. † To the tune composed by William Henry Monk, first musical editor of the Church of England's Hymns Ancient and Modern...
...most modern Christians, the days of the Early Church are vague and far-off times for scholars to quibble over. But no era in the church's history was more exciting. The early leaders, with their strange-sounding names-Polycarp, Athenagoras, Asterius of Amasea-were spiritual pioneers whose adventures in the faith built a legacy for all Christians...
...translations are as crisp and readable as many a modern bestseller...
...must rely on the accuracy of the wire services and news syndicates. Yet in 47 states (only Florida excepted), newspapers cannot avoid libel suits by blaming news services for mistakes. Wittenberg thinks a change is due, along the lines of a 1932 Florida decision, which ruled that complexities of modern newsgathering make the news source liable, not the newspaper...
Died. Sir Alexander Paterson, 62, Britain's kindly Commissioner of Prisons for 25 years before his retirement last January, a leader in modern prison reform; in London...