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The scene in the high-ceilinged chamber of Warsaw's Belvedere Palace had just the right amount of symbolism to satisfy history-minded Poles. There was General Wojciech Jaruzelski, standing ramrod straight in an olive-drab uniform encrusted with ten rows of ribbons, the very personification of his country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return of the Native | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

The bishop's persuasive powers depended a good deal on deep-set, piercing blue eyes that seemed to transfix his viewers, and a burnished voice that would soar, pause theatrically or plunge to a hushed whisper. Wearing a cape and large pectoral cross, and with a blackboard as his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Microphone of God | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

In heavily Catholic Boston, the Protestant Massachusetts Council of Churches and Jewish groups donated money to help the Catholic archdiocese pay for the visit. Among the gifts for John Paul: a matching silver ring and pectoral cross bearing the message UT UNAM SIMUS (that we may be one).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: John Paul's Triumphant Tour | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

"Quick," he blurts. "A redheaded woodpecker. It's a beautiful thing." A Carolina wren intrudes, followed by a kestrel. It is a birders' ecstasy for a few minutes-a blue-winged teal, a pectoral sandpiper, a black-bellied plover.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Warblers, Wrens and Hawks | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

The first dramatic step was to sell the bishop's 17-room brick residence, which Topel did for $25,000. (As the legal "corporation sole" of the diocese, the bishop can dispose of diocesan assets as he sees fit.) He also sold his gem-studded crozier and pectoral cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Spokane: A Pauperish Yet Princely Churchman | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

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