Word: patronism
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...feast day in September, the hardened blood of San Gennaro is said to liquefy inside the sealed glass vial in which it has been preserved since the saint's 4th century martyrdom. This May, however, to the dismay and alarm of the worshipers, the blood of Naples' patron saint refused to move on schedule. According to tradition, this failure occurs only when disaster is imminent. That disaster might have been the earthquake that struck Northern Italy last week (see box following page). But Naples' Corrado Cardinal Ursi, calling for intensified prayer, identified the threat as "neopaganism," which...
...their inaugural moments were a fright. Starting Pitcher Rudy May walked the first Minnesota Twin to face him on four pitches, and then saw his fifth knocked over the left-centerfield fence by Dan Ford for the new stadium's first home run. With that an annoyed patron released a live piglet onto the field. But then Lefthander May, who was born in Coffeyville, Kans., and once went to a psychiatrist to cure his pitching woes, wound up and delivered a high, tight "moving" fastball to the Twins' Rod Carew, who was born in Panama on a train...
...well as to attract a higher claibre of faculty. It was suggested that students are seeking meaning and self-respect in their profession and that commanding presence in a Dean is preferable to missionary zeal which can cool in the real world. As the architect himself is not the patron, figures from government and business who provide opportunities for the architect may constitute the pool from which to select a Dean. Finally, the Dean must have the stature to bring to the forefront the fact that the urban problem is a major problem of our civilization...
...which says that if anything can go wrong, it will. All evidence suggests that private enterprise could deliver the mail cheaper and more efficiently than the government can, but the issue will not be resolved until Congress decides to permit free competition in postal service. The postal patron has a great deal to gain from such an experiment, and nothing to lose but his thirteen-cent stamp...
...bevy of ex-mistresses. Liszt ends as he begins, Candide with piano, an innocent exploited by everyone he encounters, especially Wagner (who became his son-in-law). Lest the audience wonder about the personality of Wagner, the film transforms him into Dracula, literally sucking the blood of his first patron, then into Dr. Frankenstein, sole creator of a monster named Hitler...