Word: anoint
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whiz! Why don't we save ourselves a year of tiresome rhetoric and a lot of money too, and anoint by acclamation another of the Royal Family Kennedy as King-er, President? With Camelot II and its fun and games established in the White House we will see how well charisma can run this country. While standing in awe of the new White House occupants, we will forget our troubles of inflation, unemployment, energy shortage and high medical costs...
...punishment of the Lord. It is an accusation. "Woe to those who are at ease in Zion," wrote the prophet Amos, "and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria. Woe to those who lie upon beds of ivory, who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils...
...departed. By last week the number of visitors had passed 60,000 (including repeaters), even though news accounts of the "miracle" cloth have been spotty. On weekends the line waiting to get into the modest blue stone church stretches a block or more. Five priests are on duty to anoint people in search of healing, and every 30 minutes lay readers pray for thousands who make written requests. Four pilgrims claim to have been cured of serious maladies...
Hill sees nobody with the prestige or the organizational genius of Daley emerging to take his place, and he says Daley would be unlikely to anoint his own successor. "Men of power rarely create their successors--like some medieval kings who would kill their sons to preserve their power and reputation," Hill said. This could mean trouble for those who depend on a "Boss" for their livelihoods...
...constitution is drawn up to provide for-among other things -freedom of speech, land reform and the separation of church and state. Ethiopia's new leaders said that they planned to summon home from Geneva Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, 57, Haile Selassie's son, and anoint him as Ethiopia's King (significantly, not Emperor). Wossen, who is partially paralyzed from a stroke that he suffered two years ago, would be nothing more than a figurehead, and the likelihood is that the country will eventually be proclaimed a republic. Meanwhile, Lieut. General Aman Michael Andom, 50, a popular...