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Word: hourse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some people waited as long as eleven hours on Boston Common (everywhere in the U.S., John Paul ran late) and were thoroughly drenched. From the fringes of the throng, the brilliantly lit platform and altar looked like an ethereal spaceship radiating warmth. Many people back in the crowd had the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope In America: It Was Woo-hoo-woo | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Flying into New York City Tuesday morning, John Paul got a brief glimpse of sunshine, and his white robe glistened with golden light as he stepped off his plane at 9 a.m. Again a brief airport ceremony with dignitaries was enlivened by the Pope's ability to unstuff a shirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope In America: It Was Woo-hoo-woo | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

James Ross, a pottery teacher at the Catholic Bowling High School in West Des Moines, worked 110 hours in the last week making vessels for the papal Mass: a chalice, a plate for the Communion bread, a pitcher, a bowl for the washing of hands. Local carpenters crafted an altar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope In America: It Was Woo-hoo-woo | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Even so, voting will require considerable stamina. Some Democrats will have to travel 30 miles to a polling place -there is only one in each county -and wait up to two hours for their ballots, which can be a yard long and contain as many as 800 names. Just to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Playing the Florida Game | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

I went home and to bed at 2 a.m., Monday, Sept. 21. At 5:15 a.m., I was awakened by Al Haig [then Kissinger's second in command on the NSC], who had just received a call from Rabin: the Israelis thought ground action might also be necessary. Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: CRISIS AND CONFRONTATION | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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