Word: poling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...walled Imperial Palace, Hirohito graciously told the Pope, "Japan a long time ago was benefited a great deal by the Catholic missionaries, who brought their culture to this country." There are still many missionaries. John Paul had a tearful meeting with one, an 87-year-old Franciscan and fellow Pole named Zeno Zebrowski, who is famed for creating at least 30 of what are called "ant towns," communities for the poor based on selfhelp...
...Japanese nickname of Yuki Otoko (Snowman) and flew to equally chilly Anchor age, where he celebrated an outdoor Mass and took a 90-ft. fling at driving a sled drawn by nine rambunctious huskies. "This was great," said the Pontiff. Then off again, up over the North Pole and back to Rome. To the faithful who braved the Nagasaki blizzard, John Paul had said good-naturedly, "It's good for the faith." So, apparently, was the taxing 20,500-mile journey by the most traveled Pope in history...
Sydney Maree of Villanova broke the IC4A record in the 3000-meter run with a blistering 7:54,91, but Maryland, led by Chris Person in the 500 and a 1-3-4 finish in the pole vault was too tough to beat...
...mile, twelve-day itinerary that included an initial stopover in Muslim Pakistan on the way to Manila, and was to be followed this week with a stop on Guam, four days in Japan, a touchdown in Anchorage, Alaska, and a first-ever papal flight over the North Pole en route to Rome...
Referring to the wave of strikes and sit-ins that have shaken the country for the past eight months, Jaruzelski issued a final admonition: "Further destructive activities may lead to conflict and to fratricidal war. Every Pole should arrive at his own conclusions." Whatever those conclusions might be, it was clear to everyone by the end of the 50-minute nationally broadcast address that the new Premier meant business...