Word: patron
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most clangorous of all these bells once sounded from the white Church of the Patron Saints of Italy, where cheerful, cherubic, chain-smoking Don Cesare Polidori tends his flock in a section known for toughness even in tough Trastevere. Hard by the famous Thieves' Market is a district whose bitter poverty made it a hiving hotspot for trouble-brewing Communists, Don Cesare's bells had rung through every feast in the 14 years of his ministry. More important, perhaps, they rang when there was no feasting, for Don Cesare, troubled by the fact that more than half...
...Institute for Advanced Study discovered that the minuscule address on the letter on the table could be deciphered. The medieval writing was addressed to "The Cardinal Priest of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem." St. Jerome had no connection with that church, but Van Eyck's friend and patron, Niccolo Albergati, was made cardinal of the church...
With the Creole (which he sailed in last month's Torquay-Lisbon race) and his "little boat," the 103-ft. auxiliary schooner Eros, Niarchos has cruised effortlessly into international society. He has become a patron of the arts (he paid $300,000 for El Greco's Pieta) and the sport of kings (his 18-horse stable includes Nashua's dam, Segula). A lover of good food and wine, he has been known to explain to dallying guests, as he heads for the dining room: "My cook doesn't like to be kept waiting." He likes...
Last year, the Cook County Democratic machine decided to drop Morris' patron and chief protector, Reform Mayor Martin Kennelly, in favor of County Clerk Richard J. Daley (a key Illinois tactician for Presidential Candidate Adlai Stevenson). During the campaign, Morris was tripped up as he tried to bug the hotel room of a suspect who had powerful connections with the county committee. Word got to Candidate Daley that Scotland Yard was working against him. Observed the Daily News: "Predictions were made . . . that the election of Mayor Daley would mean the disbanding of Scotland Yard...
...meat cakes wrapped in plantain leaves). Blindfolded children laughingly broke piñatas, whacking away with sticks at the hanging earthenware pots that might contain candy or water; music vibrated whole city blocks, and there were dozens of mambo, cha-cha and rumba contests. For San Juan is the patron saint of the island of Puerto Rico, and the Roman Catholic Church in the two cities was giving the Puerto Ricans their...