Word: dei
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...production which lacked the sweep necessary for this work, but which made up for this by a nearly letter-perfect dependability. The chorus supplied its usual polished tone and disciplined ensemble. The main surprise came from the string section of the orchestra, which finally broke down, in the Agnus Dei, and sang, highlighting a performance which was unusual for its clarity and accuracy. In one superb but all too short phrase, the Orchestra demonstrated that it knows how to deal with a lyrical passage...
...demolition team whose main target is the twisting mountain road along which all vehicles, including his own and the pursuing Japanese, must travel. The road is an undulating mass of Chinese refugees moving in grim lockstep with fear, famine and misery. In their eyes, the Americans are the dei ex machina shielded from fatality by the jeep, the SCR-300 radio and the K-ration...
...Mammon puts his best foot forward this week at the Brussels World Fair, he will find his ancient competition on hand-the Roman Catholics in a mammoth pavilion called Civitas Dei (The City of God), and the Protestants in a modest prefab, one-eleventh the size, with no name...
Catacombs & Souvenirs. A whole college of architects headed by Belgium's Paul Rome was appointed to design the pavilion. On a 153,000-sq. ft. plot just across from the U.S. pavilion, they built a high plaster wall around Civitas Dei. Inside is a slope-roofed church with a capacity for 2,500 standees (only the aged and infirm may sit), a 200-seat chapel and six smaller chapels. The pavilion also includes a restaurant for 2,000 and a three-story display building. Besides numerous Masses and multilingual confessors, attractions will include a 40-yd. mock...
...church. We didn't plan congresses, the way the Catholics did." (The Catholics will hold some 60 congresses, will bring the faithful to Brussels from all over Europe in 1,000 buses and numerous special trains.) One Protestant worry is the electronic carillon in the Civitas Dei bell tower 570 yards away. "I hope they don't play it too much," gloomed Fagel last week. "We'd like to make ourselves heard, too." Father Joos was reassuring: "We probably won't be allowed to play it at top volume. The Protestants don't have...