Word: mets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dark silence. Not a sound. It seemed to me the people weren't even breathing. It lasted minutes but seemed interminable. Then a thousand human beings arose and left the theater. And still there was not a sound. I felt I had to walk outside to breathe. I met friends, and we asked each other, 'Have you ever had this kind of experience before?' None of us ever...
...Disturbed because athletes all over the world had "misunderstood" the International Olympic Committee's latest addition to the Olympic oath-a pledge by each performer that he not only is an amateur but intends to remain one-the I.O.C. executive board met in Lausanne, decided to suspend the new pledge, resigned itself to the fact that an amateur is an amateur until he plays...
Somehow it did not work out. During each bicker there always seemed to be about 15 boys whom the clubs could not decide about. Eventually, the outcasts all made a club-but only after the club presidents had met secretly to determine which of their organizations must make the awful sacrifice. The 100% bicker remained, but the unwanted minority, now known as 100 Percenters, were as clearly marked as ever...
Older than recorded history, the religion of the Vedas and Upanishads has met religion after religion and welcomed them all. Buddhism sprang from its loins; Zoroastrians found a haven of tolerance in India; Christianity planted a seed there in apostolic times, perhaps with the coming of Doubting Thomas himself.* Even the first fierce followers of Allah's Prophet Mohammed were allowed to build their mosques and say their prayers in peace among the Hindus...
...depend upon René Clair-that young devil had the luck of the draw. She was a pretty little milliner (Michele Morgan) from Paris. Not even a husband to worry about, and only one lover (Jean Desailly). The lieutenant gave chase-and right there his luck gave out. He met her at a ball; she was distant. He asked if he might take her home; she refused. He followed her anyway; she shut the door in his face. He crept into her boudoir; her lover came calling before anything could happen. In the church, in the park, at the theater...