Word: haile
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...sleek comforts of Air Force One. Military bands blaring Hail to the Chief. Commands that set all the nation's warships, bombers and armies into instantaneous motion. Feats of diplomacy that bring peace to all the world. Are those the visions that are part of that classic American dream of growing up to be President? Apparently not. Michele Rosenfeld, a sixth-grade teacher in East Hartford, Conn., asked her 26 students for essays on "The Day I Became President." For nearly half of the class, it was less a dream than a nightmare: they saw themselves being assassinated...
Whether they hail from the land of beets and borscht, knockwurst and Heineken, bark and betel nuts, or milk and honey, there is one issue on which foreign students at Harvard unanimously and vociferously agree: American food is greasy, bland and tasteless...
...sacraments that stemmed from Vatican Council II-is intended to enable the penitent not only to confess specific sins but discuss spiritual failings and work out appropriate good deeds for penance. Traditional confession, by contrast, has tended to be a rushed recitation of sins and routine prescription of "ten Hail Marys" or "five Our Fathers...
...Poetry saved him. Recuperating slowly in a medical tent, he sat at the orderly's typewriter and pecked out his most personal and moving poems, the great Pisan Cantos. With eyes unsealed by shock, Pound finally saw himself as he was seen-a vain "beaten dog beneath the hail/ A swollen magpie in a fitful sun." He was flown back to the States to face trial for treason, but the case never came to judgment. Declared hopelessly insane. Pound was committed to a federal bedlam in the District of Columbia...
They once brought an organ into Watson Rink. Not a John Kiley-approved Hammond X-66, mind you, but a tinny little portable organ that squeaked out such inspiration as "Hail Bertagna" (Joe Bertagna, former Harvard goalie) and other favorites. It didn't last long, but it was amusing while it was around...