Word: altars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Agustin was soon providing free meals for 4,000 townsfolk every day. In time, his "Social Benefits Fund" was expanded to cover an ambitious job-providing public-works program, which gave the town new streets, a better sewage system, a recreation hall for workers and even a new altar for the local church. Some of the funds were used to make a movie about the Santisteban way, which brought more funds into the town coffers...
Meet the Missus. Next year, under the lunar calendar, will be the "Year of the Monkey," which presents a poor augury for married bliss. But there is another reason for last week's rush to the altar. Marriages are now arranged with greater ease, thanks to the MacArthur constitution, which supposedly equalized the sexes. The ancient gentlemen whose business it has long been to arrange marriages between families without the knowledge or consent of either bride or groom are still as busy as ever. But in modern Japan, young people find more opportunity to meet under less formal circumstances...
When the bride, lovingly nicknamed "Princess Tiger Eyes" by the prince, arrived late at the altar, the impatient groom scolded her untenderly in English, "You're awfully late, dear." But he gave her a wedding present of a snappy Mercedes-Benz wrapped in cellophane and bedecked with pink carnations and blue irises. After the wedding luncheon in the historic Palazzo Brandolini, the newlyweds, whose titles date back to the Middle Ages and whose family fortunes are immense, were off on their honeymoon-to Niagara Falls...
...Altar of Heaven, according to ancient Chinese belief, was the center of the universe. But it was carefully placed in a remote corner of the city, as if to keep the greatness of the universe from interfering with the grandeur of Peking...
Kiss for the Queen. This year the program was Bach, Schubert and Brahms, and everyone agreed as usual, that the master was at the peak of his power and form. In the L' Eglise Saint-Pierre, on a platform before the altar, the old man sat playing his "tired" old cello with closed eyes. Every seat in the church was taken for the extra-long (2½ to three hours) concerts that are a Prades tradition, and listeners sat or stood wherever they could find breathing space. Front-row center sat Belgium's Queen Elisabeth, noted and knowledgeable...