She found something saintly and crazed in his undertaking, an element of self-denial, an element of penance.
High priests of doom told them so, extracting oaths of fealty and offerings of penance for promised interventions on their behalf.
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By way of penance, Mr. Bush apparently resolved to become the champion of a new chemical-arms control regime aimed at banning all such production and stockpiling.
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With a personalized examination of conscience for each user, password protected profiles, and a step-by-step guide to the sacrament, this app invites Catholics to prayerfully prepare for and participate in the Rite of Penance.
But given the Justice Department's desire to criminalize complicity in money laundering--whether deliberate or otherwise--Merrill's mea culpa may be only the start of a long penance.
It didn't have those qualities that David Kinney , writer, editor and whiskey lover from North Carolina, ascribes to this most American of spirits: sin and penance.
Having paid penance for the Great Depression by suffering through six decades of inflation, it is time for us to revive old-fashioned logic concerning the potential benefits of deflation.
Our penance will be the sleepless nights, the fools we will make of ourselves at loud noises, the looks on our faces at the sight of swerving cars, and the pains in our chests when no one is awake.
Perhaps to do penance, he faithfully recounts their stories, kindnesses and biases--slips of conversation that speak volumes about Vietnam's often frenetic present and its war-scarred past.
It's a minor penance, used by giant companies to shape their public images, or to salve the consciences of their higher-ups.
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Her penance is to be willingly bullied and regimented into the necessary shape to cope with the onslaught of the wounded from the battlefields.
As a little-known byproduct of the year-end fiscal cliff deal, beginning in 2013, taxpayers may be forced to pay a penance for previous tax deferral.
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And while much of Britain's anti-political mood is a justified response to a scandal for which MPs must do penance, some reflects a basic nihilism they can do little about.
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