Word: doored
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...motorcade sped by. Whizzing through Dorchester on the way to town, he spotted a 6-ft. sign, hanging from the third floor of the home of Martin and Antania Olesch, that read, "Nie bojcie sie ofworzyc na osciez drzwi chrystusowi" (Don't be afraid to open the door wide for Christ...
Even after we have seen it, the act of bringing a Pope in the front door of the White House just like he was an Arab with oil or a state chairman with delegates is nothing short of a miracle...
...Americans as self-pityingly sensitive or at least inaccurate. Surely, they argue, the years since John Kennedy's election and Vatican II have all but cleansed that particular passage of the American subconscious. The hard evidence of American Catholic successes does not suggest that bigotry has closed the door of the dream. Catholics are Governors in twelve states-including the most populous (Jerry Brown's California, Hugh Carey's New York). Some 13 members of the U.S. Senate are Catholic, and 114 members of the House...
...eleven-inning game. Typical congratulatory byplay: "Way to go, [bleep]!" "Thank you, [bleep]!" Other teams may deem it necessary to fine players to ensure promptness at the ballpark; the Pittsburgh locker room throbs with athletes joining the badinage hours before game time. The party does not end at the door. Pirate pitchers have been known to play Frisbee in the bullpen...
What exactly took place at the closed-door discussion may never be known, but in the end, the library corporation opted for the UMass proposal. Speaking at a Nov 24, 1975, press conference, Senator Kennedy said that "President Kennedy was very much a public figure and it is entirely appropriate that any library, museum or archive that carries his name be very much in the public eye. He would have wanted it that...