Word: passion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Directions '63 (ABC, 2-3 p.m.). "The Passion and Resurrection," Part 4 of Franz Liszt's oratorio, Christus...
...Pilo had his withered foot cured by Jesus. Overcome, Claudia tries to convert her husband to faith in Christ, but Pilate is an intellectual, and a nut about philosophy, and won't bite. From her vantage point near Herod's Palace, Claudia describes Christ's passion in gory detail: "Jesus, bound to a pillar, and standing in a red pool of his own blood." After the Crucifixion, Pilate loses favor with Rome, and ends his life a sick pauper, trembling on the verge of-is it faith? "Ye who pray," Claudia cries, at the thrilling climax, "pray...
...Passion for Punctuality. Oxnam was a thorough and energetic church official. In the four areas he directed-Omaha, Boston, New York and Washington-he made it a point to inspect every one o"f his churches from basement to belfry, sometimes at the rate of 25 churches a day. His passion for punctuality allowed him the luxury of additional churchly duties: he served as president of the Federal Council of Churches (predecessor of the National Council) and as co-president of the World Council of Churches...
Making things happen is Daley's passion. "We"-meaning I-"are going to rebuild this city." he says, and he has gone a fair way during his eight years as mayor. Under Daley, Chicago has a new rhythm as exciting as any in the city's lusty past. A new façade is rising in steel and zeal. New buildings loom high against the slate-grey winter waters of Lake Michigan. Bulldozers cut great swaths through slums; in their wake thousands of new dwellings are being planted. New classrooms keep pace with the growing school population...
Swoboda's treatment of Brahms' Symphony No. 2, in D major, was far happier. The symphony, pastoral in mood, abounds in lyrical songs and placid melodies. Brahms provokes these tunes to passion or to jubilation, depending on their humor...