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Bedridden people say I am easy to hold - and read. | read | {
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Three years ago it became possible to finance a Braille edition for blind readers. | became | {
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Throughout these exciting years I have been fortunate for, although I have never offered great financial inducements, talent has found its way to me : William Boal who so ably organizes business operations ; John Beach who guides circulation ; Irving Granville and Nelson Rector who travel widely calling on business fir... | been | {
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Throughout these exciting years I have been fortunate for, although I have never offered great financial inducements, talent has found its way to me : William Boal who so ably organizes business operations ; John Beach who guides circulation ; Irving Granville and Nelson Rector who travel widely calling on business fir... | calling on | {
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Searching for the best in spiritual stories, my roving editors cover not only the country, but the whole world. | Searching | {
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Searching for the best in spiritual stories, my roving editors cover not only the country, but the whole world. | cover | {
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Glenn Kittler has been twice to Africa, once spending a week with Dr. Albert Schweitzer. | been | {
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Last summer John and Elizabeth Sherrill were in Alaska. | were | {
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Van Varner recently returned from Russia. | returned | {
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Twice a month the editorial staff meets in New York for an early supper, then a long evening of idea-exchange. | meets | {
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Around the table sit Protestant, Catholic, and Jew. | sit | {
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Each contributes something different, and something important : Ruth Peale, her wide experience in church work ; Sidney Fields, years of experience as a New York columnist ; Catherine Marshall LeSourd the insight that has made her books world-famous and Norm Mullendore, the keen perception of an advertising executive. | contributes | {
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There are people who travel long distances to assure my continued existence. | are | {
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Elaine St. Johns may fly in from the West Coast for the editorial staff meetings. | fly | {
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Starr Jones gets up every morning at five o ' clock, milks his family cow, attends to farm chores, and then takes a two-hour train trip to New York. | gets up | {
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Starr Jones gets up every morning at five o ' clock, milks his family cow, attends to farm chores, and then takes a two-hour train trip to New York. | milks | {
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Starr Jones gets up every morning at five o ' clock, milks his family cow, attends to farm chores, and then takes a two-hour train trip to New York. | takes | {
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Arthur Gordon comes once a month all the way from Georgia. | comes | {
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We have also seen the power of faith at work among us. | seen | {
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Rose Weiss, who handles all the prayer-requests that we receive, answering each letter personally, has the serene selflessness that comes from suffering : | handles | {
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Recently, John Sherrill was stricken with one of the deadliest forms of cancer. | was | {
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Today the cancer is gone. | is | {
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But, you see, those who are not mentioned will not resent it. | see | {
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And there is also something intangible that hovers around the table. | is | {
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A good word for it is fellowship. | is | {
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A shorter word is love. | is | {
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Each meeting starts with a prayer, offered spontaneously by one member of the group. | starts | {
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Each meeting starts with a prayer, offered spontaneously by one member of the group. | offered | {
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It takes many forms, this prayer, but in essence it is always a request for guidance, for open minds and gentle hearts, for honesty and sincerity, for the wisdom and the insights that will help Guideposts ' readers. | takes | {
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It takes many forms, this prayer, but in essence it is always a request for guidance, for open minds and gentle hearts, for honesty and sincerity, for the wisdom and the insights that will help Guideposts ' readers. | is | {
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It takes many forms, this prayer, but in essence it is always a request for guidance, for open minds and gentle hearts, for honesty and sincerity, for the wisdom and the insights that will help Guideposts ' readers. | help | {
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For you, readers, are an all-important part of the spiritual experiment that is Guideposts. | are | {
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For you, readers, are an all-important part of the spiritual experiment that is Guideposts. | is | {
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I need your support, your criticism, your encouragement, your prayers. | need | {
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I am a magazine ; my name is Guideposts. | am | {
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I am a magazine ; my name is Guideposts. | is | {
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My message, today, is the same as it was 15 years ago : that there is goodness in people, and strength and love in God. | is | {
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My message, today, is the same as it was 15 years ago : that there is goodness in people, and strength and love in God. | was | {
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My message, today, is the same as it was 15 years ago : that there is goodness in people, and strength and love in God. | is | {
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May He bless you all. | bless | {
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Havana was filled with an excitement which you could see in the brightness of men 's eyes and hear in the pitch of their voices. | was | {
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Havana was filled with an excitement which you could see in the brightness of men 's eyes and hear in the pitch of their voices. | see | {
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The hated dictator Batista had fled. | fled | {
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Rumors flew from lip to lip that Fidel Castro was on his way to Havana, coming from the mountains where he had fought Batista for five years. | flew | {
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Rumors flew from lip to lip that Fidel Castro was on his way to Havana, coming from the mountains where he had fought Batista for five years. | was | {
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Rumors flew from lip to lip that Fidel Castro was on his way to Havana, coming from the mountains where he had fought Batista for five years. | coming | {
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Rumors flew from lip to lip that Fidel Castro was on his way to Havana, coming from the mountains where he had fought Batista for five years. | fought | {
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Already the city was filled with Barbudos, the bearded, war-dirty Revolutionaries, carrying carbines, waving to the crowds that lined the Prado. | was | {
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Already the city was filled with Barbudos, the bearded, war-dirty Revolutionaries, carrying carbines, waving to the crowds that lined the Prado. | carrying | {
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Already the city was filled with Barbudos, the bearded, war-dirty Revolutionaries, carrying carbines, waving to the crowds that lined the Prado. | waving | {
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Already the city was filled with Barbudos, the bearded, war-dirty Revolutionaries, carrying carbines, waving to the crowds that lined the Prado. | lined | {
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And then Castro himself did come, bearded, smiling ; yet if you looked closely you 'd see that his eyes did not pick up the smile on his lips. | come | {
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And then Castro himself did come, bearded, smiling ; yet if you looked closely you 'd see that his eyes did not pick up the smile on his lips. | looked | {
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And then Castro himself did come, bearded, smiling ; yet if you looked closely you 'd see that his eyes did not pick up the smile on his lips. | see | {
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And then Castro himself did come, bearded, smiling ; yet if you looked closely you 'd see that his eyes did not pick up the smile on his lips. | pick up | {
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At first I was happy to throw the support of our newspaper behind this man. | was | {
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At first I was happy to throw the support of our newspaper behind this man. | throw | {
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I am sure that Castro was happy, too, about that support. | am | {
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I am sure that Castro was happy, too, about that support. | was | {
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Diario de la Marina was the oldest and most influential paper in Cuba, with a reputation for speaking out against tyranny. | was | {
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Diario de la Marina was the oldest and most influential paper in Cuba, with a reputation for speaking out against tyranny. | speaking | {
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My grandfather had been stoned because of his editorials. | stoned | {
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My own earliest memories are of exiles : my three brothers and I were taken often to the United States `` to visit relatives '' while my father stayed on to fight the dictator Machado. | are | {
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My own earliest memories are of exiles : my three brothers and I were taken often to the United States `` to visit relatives '' while my father stayed on to fight the dictator Machado. | taken | {
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My own earliest memories are of exiles : my three brothers and I were taken often to the United States `` to visit relatives '' while my father stayed on to fight the dictator Machado. | visit | {
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