Word: lorde
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spirit" and St. Augustine called it "the companion of wisdom." Saints had it: the ultimate in provocation is proverbially "enough to try the patience of a saint." Sinners had it not: they complained and lamented. The Jews waited as patiently as they could for the Messiah and the Lord's Kingdom that would right all earthly wrongs. The Moslems told one another that patience was "the key to Paradise" and "a gift that Allah gives only to those he loves." Patience, in short, was the core of religion in a world where life was hard, society was static...
Coventry was burned alive for possessing a copy of the Lord's Prayer in English. In 1531 a man was sent to the stake for eating meat on Friday. In 1556 "three silly women of the Isle of Garnsey" were burned for failing to attend church with sufficient regularity...
...this horror was endured in most instances, Foxe declares, "with greate rejoycing, as one going to a bridal." Victims kissed the stake, and when the flames leaped up, some clapped their hands for joy and cried out: "Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit...
OUTFIELD: Shepard is blessed with three hard-hitting, lightening-fast lettermen: George Neville in left, John Dockery in center, and Dan Hootstein in right. Sophomore Carter Lord is in reserve, and he's probably the fastest of all. Neville and Dockery are seniors, while Hootstein is a junior...
...chief characteristic of this year's varsity is simply speed. Hootstein, Dockery, and Lord are all former sprinters, and Neville, Houston, Tobin, and Grate are also fast. "We'll run quite a bit," Shepard admits...