Word: pilgrimate
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Many of the geneticists who listened to the Pope noticed that his right arm seemed to be lame. The explanation: he had wrenched his right arm trying to help a hefty pilgrim from his knees. Temporarily, the Pope had switched his ring to his left hand...
...least one proposition, music-loving Bostonians consistently cast a unanimous vote: their Boston Symphony Orchestra is the best in the world. Last summer, with the missionary spirit of Pilgrim Fathers, they dipped into pocket, sent the Boston's 102 instrumentalists, under Conductors Charles Munch and Pierre Monteux, on their first tour of darkest Europe-Amsterdam, Brussels, London and Paris (TIME...
Less than 200 miles of water separates Port Sudan from the Saudi Arabian port of Jidda, which is a 50-mile walk from Mecca. But before the pilgrim may have his passport stamped to cross the Red Sea, he must get through a slough of red tape: pay the British authorities pilgrim fees (later remitted to Saudi Arabia); submit to medical examination; have his arm stabbed with sharp needles against epidemic diseases; pay for his return passage...
Back in the. Fellata there are men who whisper to him that these regulations are made by infidel foreigners. For payment of ?5 ($14), these men offer to get the pilgrim across the Red Sea without any trouble. For years sharp Arab operators have lived off this illegal traffic, and how many hundreds of pilgrims have died as a result, no one will ever know...
...Eighth Day. On the fourth day, a sambuk sighted them but could not come close enough to the reef to take them off. Instead, the two sailors and two of the Nigerians swam out to the sambuk, which sailed away-for help, the pilgrims thought. But no help came. The pilgrims did not know it, but the four rescued men, on reaching Port Sudan, had been hidden in the Fellata and told not to talk under threat of death. Another pilgrim fell into the sea and the sharks took him quickly. All the pilgrims were now drinking sea water, praying...