Word: goldens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time of wild religious mysticism and hysteria. Scores of thousands of Americans were pondering the second coming of Christ, thronging into camp meetings where they danced, hopped, screeched and talked convulsively "in tongues." Joseph Smith's story: an angel named Moroni had told him where to unearth some golden plates covered with mystic symbols...
...Golden Spike. The Mormon State of Deseret,* which encompassed Utah, a corner of California and a piece of Wyoming, prospered. But Mormon isolation was never complete. A golden railroad spike driven at Promontory, only 70 miles from their capital, shattered it almost before it had begun...
Bobby Locke plans to stay around for at least three more tournaments before returning to his home in Johannesburg. He expects to be back in the U.S. for the golden 1948 winter circuit...
...Serenade, Vic has already pulled more than 1,000 letters from such groups as "Vic's Victims," "Veni, Vidi, Vic," and "The Golden Agers"-a Damone fan club composed entirely of grandmothers. Vic seems to have a fatal charm for elderly women; once, after he had sung, an old lady rushed onstage and bussed him roundly...
...Joan of Arc's day). Joan has long since been burned at the stake in Rouen, but the wicked English still hold the city, and one of Jacques' jobs is to turn them out. Another is to find Charles a new mistress. Along a country road comes golden-haired Valerie Maret, beautiful in her tender innocence and tattered cloak. "By St. Martin of Tours," cries Jacques. "Remarkable! There can be no doubt about it. Yes, my argus-eyed Nicolas, this...