Word: closed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...definitive decision, so that in Arkansas there will be no doubt that the orders of the court cannot be interfered with ... by obstructionists and mob action . . ." Finally, just before he sat down, Thurgood Marshall's voice broke. "When a bank is robbed you don't close the bank," he cried. "You put the bank robbers in jail...
...undated) war. Donato at first seeks mere companionship with Maria. He sings: "May I touch your face? My touch is as harmless as a glance." But within a month they are lovers. Blinded further by jealousy, Donato visualizes imagined rivals. "When I had my eyes, I could close them and find peace. Now I imagine things. I see things." His love turns into hate, first suicidal, then homicidal. In the final scene, after Maria's husband has returned, Donato's mother motions Maria out of harm's way, aims the pistol in Donato's hand...
Penance Underground. The custom gained added impetus from the preaching of the Franciscan missionaries, who strongly emphasized the sufferings of Christ's passion in their teachings, and permitted the practice of self-scourging as an act of devotion. When the Franciscans were withdrawn at the close of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries, and the visits of priests to the villages grew increasingly rare, a group of Catholic laymen called Penitentes gradually emerged. Its members conducted services, taught doctrine, visited the sick and buried the dead-in effect performing all the priestly functions except saying Mass...
...close of several books of the Bible, women are praised. Which books are they? Answer: Esther, Ruth, Solomon's Song...
...jacketed racing official waved the intruding cruiser off the course, no skipper turned to bellow. Everyone knew that Foto was commanded by Morris ("Rosy") Rosenfeld of City Island, N.Y., the world's No. 1 marine photographer.* After more than 60 years of shooting boats, Rosy knew just how close to get to the race without bothering the skippers. He alone had full freedom of the course, while his landlubber rivals in other boats scrambled for inferior sites...