Word: poona
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...novel Bleak House. But traditions have a way of enduring. New details need to be checked, new issues analyzed; more lawyers are hired to battle more attorneys on the other side. The Guinness Book of World Records gives its longevity award to a lawsuit that was filed in Poona, India, in 1205 and not settled until 1966.* In France, Attorney Jean d'Everlange vividly recalls the "Santoni affair," a controversy over the ownership of some...
...instance, does two eight-hour acting stints on different Bombay lots, often for his brother Raj's production company. On others, he'll hop a plane for Srinagar for a day's shooting in Kashmir, or roar off in his white Mercedes to Pune (formerly Poona) for a locationer. Then he will rush back to Bombay to read the script for Last Train to Pakistan, his next starring vehicle, and perhaps consider offers from abroad...
...India constitute the third largest national contingent in the society after the U.S. and Spain, and fully 2,600 of them are native Indians. In 1972 they took in 161 new entrants, almost as many as did Western Europe, Canada and the U.S. combined. The De Nobili seminary at Poona is the largest Jesuit "house" in the world. Indian Jesuits are even sending missionaries to other countries...
...Indian Jesuits still take their cue from the adaptability of the pioneer missionary, Father Roberto de Nobili, who adopted the ascetic life of the Hindu holy men shortly after he came to India in 1605. The Jesuits reflect the broad spectrum of the subcontinent's culture. At Poona, for instance, a group of De Nobili Jesuits are experimenting with an Indianized version of the Mass that incorporates Indian serving dishes, Indian music, language, and postures of prayer. Father Matthew Lederle, a German-born Jesuit who is now an Indian citizen, directs the serene modern center of Sneha Sadan...
...given jobs on relief projects have been putting in long stretches with inadequate food. The prospects are that things will get worse before they get better. "The real problem will come in February or March with the hot sun and high temperatures," says S.O. Raje, a district official in Poona. Adds G.B. Joshi, 50, a government clerk: "This is the worst I have ever seen in my lifetime...