Word: altar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...everyone was happy. Oftentimes junior officers consider entertaining senior officers'' wives what one might say a bit of burden, but in the cause of Mrs. Coffin, wife of Lt. Coffin, it was a pleasure. Unmarried members of Class F hope they does well when they walk to the altar. Members of Class F enjoyed having Lt. and Mrs. Coffin as class sponsors very much...
This mood had solid roots: many Americans wanted to see not year-old pictures of one gallant but pitifully meager raid, but fresh, day-old pictures of raid after raid that leveled Japan into a shambles where not an altar, not a paper house, not a cherry tree still stood whole, and where nothing moved in the ruins...
...statue by Sculptor Rudulph Evans has caught that quality: Jefferson stands erect, rebellious, staring toward the White House with strained and unyielding eyes. Around the walls above his head, his carved words stand out like a shout in the Memorial's massive silence: I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind...
...year-old bride wore an inviting package of white satin and tulle, carried white orchids and carnations. Maid of honor was Dancer Mitzi Mayfair. The church crawled with reporters and photographers, who bustled down the aisle after the happy couple, went to work from prominent positions along the altar rails. The groom mumbled his lines, but the bride was in good voice. Afterwards on the church steps flash bulbs started popping again, and photogenic Mrs. Wallace helped out. She nudged her husband, whispered, "Remember to look the same way as I do." Gowns by Norman Hartnell, dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth...
...rubber czars, footsore strangers in search of a bed, snooty wives in search of their husbands, harassed hotel managers in quest of a settlement, marines, FBI men, portly women judges and a bayoneted lady sniper from the Soviet Embassy. Every time one of the hostesses heads for the altar, yet another face appears with bad news. But the three girls snag their prey at last, and Washington subsides into routine pandemonium...