Word: ancients
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bade His followers feed the hungry and heal the sick and took His parables from the homely round of daily work gave material things His benediction. It has not faded because material things are more abundant now." Author Ward defines poverty, ignorance and ill health as "the ancient enemies of mankind"a phrase the President has used repeatedly since he started reading the book. And, as Johnson has done in innumerable Great Society speeches, Barbara Ward insists that freedom itself is of little worth unless it is shared...
...good Moslem should, Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser last week made a pilgrimage to Mecca. Clad in white penitential clothing and with one arm and shoulder bare, Nasser entered the sacred Kaaba, housing the ancient Black Stone, and prayed in each of the enclosure's four corners...
...Delhi, the right-wing Jana Sangh Party wanted more than vague metallic threats. It wanted war−and now. Trains and buses brought adherents from as far as Jammu, north of Kashmir, and more than 250,000 saffron-clad demonstrators marched from the ancient Red Fort to Parliament, led by eleven buglers and 200 men on motor scooters. In unison, the throng chanted such slogans as, "Shastri, you cannot beg peace, you have to win it!" and "Tit for tat is the right policy against Pakistan...
...rest of the cast of Baldwin's touring Amen Corner arrived at Israel's new National Museum for a special post-performance visit. The others dutifully viewed the artifacts and prepared to leave, but Claudia had discovered the antique jewelry and stood mooning over the ancient necklaces, rings and Yemenite bridal costumes. "Leave me alone," she murmured as they tried to pry her away. "I'm staying here all night." Museum Director Teddy Kollek finally brought her out of the trance when he slipped on her finger a silver ring mounted with a 2,000-year...
...Lordship, Mr. Justice Lane, is also entitled by ancient judicial tradition to a bachelor knighthood. For women, the corresponding title that goes with the honor is Dame, but if diehards have their way, the new justice may be deprived even of that feminine distinction and wind up as Sir Elizabeth Lane...