Church officials say Mr. Romney tried to be sensitive and merciful; when a college student faced serious penalties for having premarital sex, Mr. Romney put him on a kind of probation instead.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy".
His resplendent tufts had thinned and spread — the hair of his face had been redistributed, to form a merciful gauze across his withered features.
His resplendent tufts had thinned and spread the hair of his face had been redistributed, to form a merciful gauze across his withered features.
But wandering stones seem right for a Jewish memorial garden, especially one that faces outward across the broad slate-green river to merciful stopping places: Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
He faced 10to2525 years in prison, but because of a merciful judge, he writes in the book, he was released from Rikers Island on probation after just three months.
After all, religious authorities repeatedly argue, when faced with hard cases and grieving widows, that death can be merciful and a release.
Losers of four straight games and eight of their last eleven, they're due to face the left-handed Jon Lester, the Red Sox' best starter, at the Stadium tonight, barring a merciful cancellation.
He was also merciful, and when the temple lights were dimmed and his white eyes shone from the inner sanctum, only his face visible, she knew he heard her.
