Word: gathers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dragon, Dragon!'-a word that he cannot stand to hear." As Hans and his animal followers thus taunt Dra-Dra, the monster becomes so enraged that he soars into the clouds and dives onto his own castle, impaling himself on a turret. Dra-Dra's followers gather at a feast in an attempt to perpetuate the old order. Too late, they realize that the banquet is being held in the anus of the deceased dragon. "Must we die?" asks one. "You have already been dead a long time," Hans replies Then he instructs the animals...
...daybreak the entire town of Kilgarry, priest included, turns up on the beach to help the gallant militants gather guns and dynamite. It is the very picture of a spontaneous uprising-capped, when O'Leary's truck sticks in the sand, by the masses putting their shoulder to the wheel and impelling the Leninist vanguard onward. One must, after all, come from the people as well as go to them. This vanguard, unluckily, makes it only as far as the top of the hill, where it is met by the major with a full complement of rifles and mortars...
Whenever stockbrokers gather these days, talk usually turns to the dispiriting topic of unemployment. Among the season's favorite horror stories are those of the $100,000-a-year Smith, Barney man who is now pumping gas in San Francisco, the top Nevada broker who works as a short-order cook in Reno, and the uncounted troop of Wall Street casualties who drive taxis in New York City. But there is a resilient breed of ex-brokers who have rebounded from the stock market slump by starting lucrative new careers. Though their ventures vary widely, the once-busted brokers...
...known smokers will be sifted by computer, and cigarettes will be speeded to them along with other product samples by United Parcel Service. Other companies have already begun mass samplings through the mail. Some firms are giving away free samples on the streets, at sporting events and wherever crowds gather. Reynolds has started the Salem Sweepstakes to attract new customers. Participants send contest forms and two Salem packages to the company, which draws the names of the winners. First prize: five two-week vacations for two anywhere in the world, plus $1,000 spending money for each trip...
Encounter. The German survey was far more extensive. Twenty-one million questionnaires were issued to German Catholics (21% replied), to gather information for a January synod called by the German bishops. The Germans showed a remarkable spiritual interest in the Mass; 60.9% attend church regularly every Sunday, another 15.5% "nearly" every Sunday. Asked what helps their faith as Christians, 60.1% of the respondents named "holy services" as the most important (a desperate 6% named "nothing at all"). The importance of the Mass, declared 54.9%, is as an "encounter with God." For nearly as many, it is "a chance to draw...