Word: moreno
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brocade. Then, afraid of a sound scolding from the abbess, he hid his find, kept his secret to himself. Finally Garcia confided in Archeologist José Luis Monteverde, curator of national property. Monteverde communicated with Madrid and a joint committee of medieval experts, headed by 80-year-old Gomez Moreno, eventually succeeded in getting the nuns' permission to open the tombs...
Energetic Medievalist Gomez Moreno was exuberant. Said he: "Before this discovery, we could only guess what had been accomplished in the arts of weaving, embroidery, lace-making and knitting in the 13th Century. Now, people can see and actually touch the entire outfit of a 13th Century man or woman...
Throughout all the demonstrations, Dr. Moreno stood at the edge of the stage ready to slap and shove his actors into giving a more lively performance. Sometimes he functioned as a kind of jester, making pertinent wisecracks about the going-on. At other times, he appeared to be meditating, with chin resting on chest, one hand across his back and the other across his heart...
...closing remarks, Dr. Moreno reminded his audience that "this is a didactic demonstration, nothing more...
...whether the success of a psychodrama depended on the intuitive Powers of the director, Dr. Moreno said that even Albert Einstein had to rely something on hunches...