Word: medinae
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dead or Tied Up." At midnight of the first day of his imprisonment, Valencia felt a need to consult with the church, which had already given him open support (TIME. May 6). He decided to visit Cali's Auxiliary Bishop Miguel Angel Medina. Friends tried to stop him, but fiery Valencia, his toothbrush mustache bristling, shouted "I am the boss," and stalked out. Marching up to the lieutenant in command, he demanded to be taken to the bishop's palace. The bold move worked; in the course of an hour-long conversation. Monsignor Medina offered asylum...
...will have to take me out dead or tied up," he called into the darkness. "You know the kind of fight I can put up." When news of the impending fight spread through the city, a group of leading citizens dashed to the bishop to protest. By telephone, Monsignor Medina routed Cardinal Luque out of bed. Nervously aware of the church's anger, the government hurriedly called off the attack...
...outbreak of fighting among Jordan's troops seemed a nationalist-inspired mutiny. In actual fact, the young King had carefully planned it. For months Hussein had been aware of the dangers of being swept away by Arab nationalist extremists, and made his preparations. He journeyed down to Medina to see Saudi Arabia's King Saud, just before Saud left for his trip to the U.S. Saud, whose fear of Communist penetration of the Middle East far outweighs his old feud with Hussein's Hashemite clan, promised full though secret backing...
Judge Harold R. Medina, a Trustee, said after the stormy meeting that freedom and responsibility "are the biggest things we have to make up our minds about," and that "the only way to train youth for responsibility was to give it responsibility...
Judge Harold R. Medina, a Trustee, said after the stormy meeting that freedom and responsibility "are the biggest things we have to make up our minds about," and that "the only way to train youth for responsibility was to give it responsibility...