Word: flocks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Aubrey had a foot in both worlds. He had an Elizabethan faith in "Marvels, Magick . . . Apparitions . . . Second Sighted Men," along with an undeveloped penchant for scientific research. As a child he saw the old-fashioned shepherd leading his flock with a flute; in his old age he dreamed of emigrating to the "delicious Countrey" of New York, where the people "have such vast Snowes that they are forced to digg their wayes out of their houses, else they would be stifled...
...Episcopal bishops, ministers and laymen assembled one day last week to consider a major crisis of their church. It was not a lack of members; the church's enrollment had ballooned 130% since 1900. But there were no longer enough shepherds to minister to this record flock. In the same 49 years the number of active ministers had grown by a mere...
Actually, Gayden's plot is very much along the lines of the flock of stories growing out of Chicago's famous Leopold-Loeb case, the latest being Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Rope." Most of these were successful because they contrasted the superficially impeccable manners and morals of bad boys with their actual criminal actions. But this boy is so obnoxious, on and off stage, that his nefarious activities are neither surprising nor particularly interesting. Gayden in one of the most thoroughly despicable people to appear on the stage in a long time. He's all right if you're entertained...
Frequently enclosed in the letters are photographs of the writers and their families; the ex-submariner sent along pictures of all his brothers and sisters and a flock of fiends. The original batch of letters also included a number of apparently well-fed blondes, many stating that "my friends say I am very pretty." A serious paper shortage has made ordinary writing stationery nearly unavailable, especially in Eastern Germany, and the letters frequently arrive written on the backs of carefully folded military maps dating from the Russian campaign or even on wallpaper...
Last week one of Saga's five Buddhist priests watched the black-cassocked figure of his new friend, Father Itagura, descending the ancient steps of the Buddhist temple after a chatty afternoon visit. Though he may soon be without a flock, he was not bitter. "You see," he observed with true Buddhist detachment, "whether God says a thing or Buddha says it, it's still the same message. I only wish, and wish very strongly, that everyone may kneel with a beautiful heart before the altar...