Word: ests
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Villot, following a centuries-old ritual, immediately called out the Pope's baptismal name (Giovanni) three times, then pronounced the formula vere Papa mortuus est (truly the Pope is dead). He dispensed with the former tradition of tapping the dead Pontiff's head three times with a small silver mallet. Minutes later a heavy chain was drawn across the great iron door of Castel Gandolfo, and church bells in Rome began their slow, measured death toll, signaling the news to the world...
...many of them, it is the second time they have put to sea in the leaky boats, which bear such prayerful names as Bon Dieu Bon (God Is Good) and Dieu Est Mon Pilote (God Is My Pilot). Since the late 1960s, Haitians have been emigrating illegally to the nearby Bahamas, where an estimated 40,000 now live, working as gardeners, servants and day laborers. But Bahamian officials, faced with an unemployment rate of nearly 25%, in June ordered the Haitians to leave. Explained Bahamian Information Services Spokesman Chris Symmonett: "They have been taking jobs Bahamians could perform and putting...
Southern African Solidarity Group: "La Guerre est Finie...
...radios. A tailor sitting at his sewing machine says he is doing "terrific business" cutting and making tailored summer uniforms. One of the bestselling items is a spiral punk made in China and thought by the paras to be the best defense against the horde of mosquitoes. "C'est la vie," says a French trooper of the punk's nauseating aroma. "Better the smell than the bites...
Film: La Guerre Est Fini, Science Center 377, 4:15 and 7:15 pm, free...