Word: patriarchalism
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...people in Devi (The Goddess) seem almost like temple carvings come to life before Ray's camera. A rich and deeply religious old patriarch dreams that his 17-year-old daughter-in-law (Sharmila Tagore) is an incarnation of a goddess. The girl, eager to please, allows herself to be decked out in flowers and jewels, to be ensconced in an altar outside her father-in-law's house where streams of peasants and holy men come to make obeisance. When a beggar's sick grandson recovers in her presence, the event is hailed as a miracle...
...ever to serve in the U.S. Senate, spent his 95th birthday sorting through stacks of greeting cards, gifts of German beer and vintage Rhine wines for his well-stocked cellar. Then, after a brief celebration with old friends, the venerable Green dictated a congratulatory birthday telegram to another Democratic patriarch: Arizona's Carl Hayden, 85, the oldest man now serving in the Senate...
...church no matter who was Pope. As it happens, many of the new directions within Catholicism are either tolerated or openly encouraged by the smiling old man who patently enjoys his many-titled job of Bishop of Rome, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Primate of Italy, Patriarch of the West, and, as 260th successor of St. Peter, Vicar of Jesus Christ on Earth...
Ironically, the Pope who convened Vatican I, Pius IX, had hopes that other churches would attend the council. But Protestant leaders publicly rejected his summons to the council, and the Patriarch of Constantinople returned the invitation unopened...
...Dillon bill. This is the bill of the distinguished Senator from Oklahoma, the very able uncrowned King of the Senate, Rob ert S. Kerr." Snarled Lines. Bob Kerr, second-ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee, took over the floor management of the bill after Chairman Harry Byrd. patriarch of Democratic conservatism, objected to the revenue loss involved in its 7% in come tax credit for industries that invest in new machinery. In eight days of slashing, sarcastic debate. Kerr beat off every significant attempt to alter the bill. In a hopeless snarl of party lines, such Democratic liberals as Illinois...