Word: journey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Girls have the most to lose in terms of self-respect and genuine and whole-hearted commitment to a future bonafide and relatively permanent companion in life's journey. No doubt many undergraduates, unwilling to bank for a while the kindled fires of a lusty adolescence, would scoff at the idea of female virtue as a worthy attribute...
Perhaps the Pope suspected that his simple "pious journey" to the shrines commemorating events in Jesus' life might turn into the kind of ordeal usually reserved for Hollywood stars and winning politicians. In preparation for the trip, he canceled most of his public appearances last week, spent three prayerful days in retreat. On the day of his flight to Jordan, he rose before dawn to meditate and celebrate Mass. By 7:30, he had said his farewell to the cardinals of the Roman Curia, and settled down in his black Mercedes limousine for the 16-mile trip to Leonardo...
Convicts & Jets. Church bells tolled a greeting as the papal entourage passed along the streets of Rome. Despite the tight schedule that Vatican officials had toyed and fussed with all week, the Pope took the journey at his own pace. Once he stopped to greet a delegation of convicts from Regina Coeli prison, another time to bless a crowd gathered in the village of Acilia. At the windswept airport the Pope shook hands with a platform-full of dignitaries, including Italian President Antonio Segni and Premier Aldo Moro. Clearly enjoying his venture, the Pope blessed the crowd (tough old Socialist...
...sign of letup in his Communist Partygoing. Now he is off to Havana to help celebrate the fifth anniversary of Fidel Castro's regime. "He was absolutely determined to go," said his wife. "I must say he has been very well lately, but it is a long journey...
During a busy Christmas week, in which he received an enthusiastic welcome (including the gift of a white lamb) from one of Rome's working-class areas, Pope Paul described his pilgrimage as "a journey of prayer, made with humility and with love." In fact, the trip will be a protocol-hedged ordeal for the Pope, who will have to pray while under the eyes and cameras of more than 1,000 newsmen, 8,000 policemen and 500,000 Jordanians and Israelis. The trip was planned to avoid adding to Near Eastern tensions, but some bitterness inevitably was aroused...