Word: lente
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...official change will mean a saving of $1,000 for a prelate who has to outfit himself from scratch. Specifically, the Pope has ordered : 1) that the fantail on both purple and red cassocks be eliminated, 2) that purple robes, which are used in time of mourning and during Lent and Advent, be made of wool instead of silk (the scarlet formal dress will continue to be made of silk), 3) that the six-yard train on the cappa magna, the long ceremonial cape which cardinals wear, be shortened to three yards...
...getting things done in his two years (1947-49) as boss of the World Bank. When he took over, the bank had sold no bonds, made no loans, was all but falling apart. McCloy built enough confidence in the bank to float $250 million in bonds in the U.S., lent $650 million to eight nations after satisfying himself that they were good risks. "This is a bank, not a relief agency," was his attitude...
This week, Lucky Billo engaged in his last big diplomatic chore, lent his official presence to the inauguration of Mexico's new President (see HEMISPHERE). Then, as he went off to relax on the sands at Acapulco, many a New Yorker guessed that he would settle down south of the border for good, to bask in the southern sun and enjoy the admiration of the understanding Latins, and perhaps reflect cozily, like a retired Houdini recalling the box trick, on his old adventures in practical politics...
...Tate Gallery, none is more famed than Rodin's The Kiss. Rodin had three carvings made of his white-marble couple, and the one at the Tate is the last and best. There was a public furor in 1913 when its owner, a private collector named Edward Warren, lent it for exhibition in a Sussex town hall: local puritans draped a sheet over the nude figures. But since 1939, The Kiss has stood in prominent and honored display in the Tate's hall of sculpture. Britons are used to it now-and proud of it. Last month they...
...When were you told that [organizations to which Judy had lent her name] were Communists...