Word: englert
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...abiding fascination for generations of archaeologists. Mazière has new theories about the men who produced them and why, though the impact of his research is somewhat blunted by the fact that boulder-size chunks were lifted from previous work by an obscure Capuchin priest named Father Sebastian Englert...
...absorbing though frequently perfervid text, Maziere describes discoveries that seem to open a crack into the heart of the prehistoric puzzle. In doing so, however, he had inadvertently generated another mystery: were the discoveries made by Maziere, or did he borrow some of his facts from Father Sebastian Englert...
...copies). But Maziere drew the rage and scorn of some experts who accused him of everything from gross over-popularization to out-and-out plagiarism. In fact, it is clear upon examination of the texts that Maziere has clearly borrowed large chunks, word for word, from Father Englert...
...astronomy and engineering, great road-building ability, a written language. Most famous achievements were their alms (temples) and moai (great stone monoliths), the largest of which weigh up to 80 tons, rise to the height of a six-story building. Now in the person of Capuchin Father Sebastian Englert, 78, comes word that quick action is needed if the great sculptures are to survive. "It is an urgent matter," Father Sebastian told a New York audience, "which cannot wait...
...book is composed chiefly of worrywarts' case histories. Samples: ¶ Mr. H. J. Englert of Tell City, Ind. got scarlet fever, then nephritis ("a kidney disease"), ran his blood pressure up to 214. Doctors advised him to make sure that his "insurance was all paid up" and then to get dressed for his funeral. After a week's "wallowing in self-pity," Mr. Englert "threw back [his] shoulders, put a smile on." Today, he is not only alive and happy, but his "blood pressure is down...