Word: feasted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...surrealists appeared to be on the decline. Max Ernst's bilious yellow Feast of the Gods looked somewhat as if Ernst thought the gods dined on toadstools and mustard. The cleverest thing about Salvador Dali's photographically sharp picture of a cloth egg under a parasol was its title: Geopoliticus...
Over 250 alumni and undergraduate musicians will be on the field at half-time today when Leroy Anderson '29 directs the band in his own composition, "Wintergreen." The feast is part of the band's thirtieth anniversary celebration...
...morning sky was grey, and the paraders had bitter words for the priests who had been praying for rain to relieve Italy's drought. Superstitious Communists carried defiant signs: "Is it raining? Will it rain? Certainly not until after the Feast of Unita!" They were right; soon a hot sun enveloped the crowds as they watched bicycle races and boxing matches, played roulette, danced, drank, threw baseballs (50 lire for three shots) at caricatures of priests and bishops and of Premier Alcide de Gasperi and tough Interior Minister Mario Scelba, who was by far the most popular target...
...carry Christ home with me from the altar, I am afraid He will have to come to the kitchen, because much of my time is spent there . . . If I am to create, and I believe God made me to do just that, why can't I create feast-day specials from eggs and milk and butter? . . . I once tried to paint a picture, but the colors ran and the perspective was poor. I tried to write music, but even the dog howled to hear it. I tried to weave a piece of cloth, but the warp broke...
Wear Gloves. Several years ago she described to her good friend, Msgr. Luigi Ligutti, executive secretary of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, how she had tried to emphasize "the why of religious feast days by preparing special food for the children [she has five], and explaining its significance as they ate.'' Msgr. Ligutti suggested that she make a book of her recipes. The 130 pages that resulted contain 75 recipes, liberally interlarded with explanatory background...