Word: bareheadedness
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A Hungarian newsman reported what happened when the hour came: "In this city of 1,500,000, the only living people in the battered, rubble-strewn streets were the police and Russian soldiers. A voice shouted: 'All those who are working now are Kadar men.' At five minutes...
The Corps! Bareheaded salute it, With eyes up, thanking our God . . .
In dusty Bechuanaland the greatest blessing of all is rain, and for months of drought the tribesmen had prophesied, "Seretse will bring rain." Suddenly, amid the cries of welcome last week, torrents of sweet rain fell on the parched thirstland of the returning chief and his thousands of bareheaded cheering...
IN the quiet winds of Memorial Day, epic voices echo from the grassy graves of the Civil War-Stonewall Jackson, vibrant and vital, writing his wife about his glory at First Bull Run: "God made my brigade more instrumental than any other in repulsing the main attack"; Ulysses Grant, daring...
A year ago Adenauer stood bareheaded in a drizzling rain to watch the flag of the Federal Republic raised for the first time. His nation, a decade before the smoking ruins of Hitler's Reich, was accepted in the world again, largely because of him. This was his moment...