Word: nearings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Getting near John Paul was often a problem for the more than 35 photographers who took pictures for the special report. Picture Editor Arnold Drapkin and his staff arranged accreditation for photographers with the Secret Service, the Vatican and individual archdioceses along the Pope's route, negotiating for ladders and scaffolding in strategic spots and, in the final days, installing remote-control cameras in vantage points off limits to the photographers themselves. It was, says Drapkin, "undoubtedly the biggest picture effort of the year...
Like the preparation, the papal visit had an earthy, homespun touch more gentle than the frenzy in the East. The Pope stopped first at the tiny (15 pews) St. Patrick's Church, nestled in rolling farm land near Gumming. "Feel grateful to God for the blessings he gives you," said the Pope, "not least the blessing of belonging to this rural parish community ... May the simplicity of your life-style and the closeness of your community be the fertile ground for a growing commitment to Jesus
...wallets, some of which may belong to 1979 graduates, were discovered near the men's restroom on the lower level of the dining hall...
...Near the fence, you can see clumps of police surrounding the site. The seven-foot fence, topped with three strands of barbed wire, will become a symbol--fence-cutting represents direct action against the plant; and among the happiest shouts of the weekend is the one that goes up Monday morning when one group returns from a nighttime foray with 30 feet of the tempered steel. But now, the fence is only in the way, and the goals--the rusting reactor vessel and the turbine building, each flying an American flag--stand outlined in the dawn...
...your eyes are sprayed with Mace. They kick and they shove and they are strong, and then everybody is retreating and every available water bottle is above somebody's face, and you know there is no way on God's green earth that you'll ever get near the plant. It starts to rain, and the Mace on your hair washes down into your eyes and starts to sting again...