Word: crucifixes
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...tortures that I missed as a freshman: lottery hell, work-study hell, extracurricular hell. Next party you're at, pull some wise senior aside and get him or her to talk about it, if they dare. Otherwise, repeat your mantra, rub your lucky rabbit's foot, and keep a crucifix handy, and you probably will sail through freshman year unscathed. If not, don't say I didn't warn...
...Holy Father (about) what we discussed . . . Said, I thank you for your last-minute counsel that I will need to be an ambitious person to sustain the final hours of release. Said, I pray no one else will have to be an ambitious person." He also described "the small crucifix Ahab gave me" as "a great comfort during the final hours," adding, "In the final minutes of captivity with you, we also talked about our common belief in one God who is merciful and compassionate...
...various times, however, the terrorists were given to small acts of kindness. They found Jenco a Bible and rosary as well as a crucifix and did not interfere with the hostages' prayers. They never beat Jenco or attempted to brainwash him. Occasionally the hostages were even able to laugh with their captors. Once, when one of them asked, "Is there anything you would like, Father?" the priest replied, "A taxicab...
...highsecurity courtroom built on the prison grounds. Inside, the fan-shaped, green-and-white room, the defendants were herded into 30 cages at the rear. At 9:45 a.m., a bell rang, and Presiding Judge Alfonso Giordano entered in black robes to take his seat beneath a tall Crucifix. As a nationwide radio audience listened raptly, Announcer Carla Mosca intoned, "At this moment, the trial has begun...
...went. Challenger. NASA's Old Faithful. 74 seconds and a fantail of fire. Smoke-chain etched in a stratospheric crucifix. Death in living color in the age of the rocket...