Word: shorn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...college chapels are not, as it so often charged, the centres of denatured religion, shorn of strong convictions and reduced to some lowest common denominator," Dean Sperry said...
...said farewell to the Independence Hall and came back to the world. For four days we had been shorn of much that goes to make up the life of today, not only of all our worldly possessions but also of the trials, the troubles and the decisions. There had been something rather enjoyable about it, an exhilarating feeling of irresponsibility which I, for one, appreciated; I shall always remember the joy of having no luggage to worry about, and no boxes to pack. As I went ashore I felt just the faintest feeling of hesitation at the idea of plunging...