Word: gifts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...emerging theology and internal discord as well as papal deeds. We always tried, however, to find the detail or anecdote that would humanize each Bishop of Rome for our readers. Thus we reported that Pope Pius XI, a scholar, took special delight in mechanical contraptions and gladly accepted the gift of a dictating machine from Thomas Edison. The ascetic Pope Pius XII allowed a pet goldfinch, named Gretel, to perch on his arm each morning as he shaved. And on busy days in his office, the formal Pope Paul VI often doffed his cassock and worked in shirtsleeves...
...VARIOUS subplots and minor characters converge at the opening of Susan's first exhibit. Her obnoxious lover makes up with the gift of a baby duck (she really does look like a duck), and even her parents come to the opening out of nowhere...
...Sadat sent over some autographed pictures of himself with Begin and Carter that he had dedicated to Begin's granddaughters. For 25 minutes Begin visited Sadat. A half-hour later, Sadat suddenly appeared, without warning, at the door of Begin's cabin to return the call. To reciprocate the gift of photographs, Begin presented Sadat with a medallion by Israeli Artist Yachov Agam. Its theme: "The Dream of Peace." Then Begin suggested, "Let's both go tomorrow night to hear President Carter address the Congress." Sadat agreed. Already, Carter's aides were making the arrangements for the trip down from...
...waiting world was surprised, then pleased by the new Pope, a lifelong pastor and teacher who seemed to show a rare blend of strength and humility, a fine gift for words, a reassuring balance between kindness and worldly practicality. But how had he come to be chosen? And why? Had some kind of secret combine among the Princes of the Church brought Luciani to the fore? Or a compromise that, despite formal assertions of happiness, really left nobody happy...
...cutlery on the floor." Gatwick's beige linoleum quickly disappeared under a carpet of bright beach blankets and polyester sleeping bags. Bodies were everywhere-standing, sitting, lying on the floor. The wait for toilets was 20 minutes and for a cup of tea, half an hour. The gift shop sold out of men's disposable underwear; deodorant and razor blades were perilously short. Rows of pup tents sprang up at the airport's entrance and many passengers overflowed onto a covered area near the parking lot. Groused Pat Shaw, a waitress from Buffalo: "I've slept...