Word: crucifix
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...also charged that false confessions were obtained in mock trials, at which "the . . . plaintiff would see before him a long table . . . with candles burning at both ends . . . and a crucifix in the center . . . [The Germans] were informed or led to believe that they were being tried by Americans for violations of international law. At the other end of the table would be the prosecutor, who would read the charges, yell and scream at these 18-and 20-year-old plaintiffs and attempt to force confessions from them...
Staring at a crucifix on the courtroom wall, the most hated man in Italy sat apparently unmoved last week while Roman spectators screamed and cursed...
...letter from an industrialist who complained of the excessively high commissions charged by the Vatican for personal loans of $450,000 and 90,000,000 lire; he mentioned interest rates as high as 45%. Incredulous, the Pope glanced at the clock which, together with a tall white crucifix and a telephone, was the only ornament on his desk. There was just time to reach Monsignor Domenico Tardini, State Secretary for Extraordinary Affairs, before Tardini's daily siesta. Shown the letter, Tardini raised his eyebrows. "Banking and industry!" he exclaimed. In all his long diplomatic career he had never...
...Amsterdam, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced that it would forthwith equip all its planes with portable altars (including altar stone, crucifix, chalice, missal, altar cloths and a gold and purple chasuble). The innovation, said airline officials, was the result of numerous requests from air traveling priests...
...Harvard won all the rest of the bouts to cage the match: Louria pinned with a crucifix in 4:59; Claflin took a 9 to 2 decision; Fuller bulled to an easy 13 to 2 win over Tony Travison of Providence...