Word: prayerful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lower Manhattan, Cardinal Spellman himself sent his representative. There were priests representing many Catholic orders, and there were laymen rich & poor from places as far away as Chicago. All night long before the funeral they had come to the rickety storefront where the body lay, to say a prayer or touch their rosaries to the folded hands. For many of them were sure that Peter Maurin was a saint...
Parker was chairman of the rally, but his actions were limited to leading the assembly in prayer and introducing minor speakers. He did not make a speech or introduce Wallace...
After lots of Harvard songs, Holmes appeared again in some favorites and a majestic performance of "The Prayer of Thanksgiving" with plenty of power from the organ. By this time the audience was shouting with enthusiasm derived from beer and music, which combination makes it fun to go to the Pops...
...defender of snobbery, delivered his lines with perfect force and finesse. In the role of the Bishop, John Simon also knew fully what he was about, possessed some articulate eyebrows, and except for a tendency to speak in a sing-song at times, gave a good performance. As the prayer-mumbling Sexton, Jerry Kohn was frequently very funny but sometimes gave the character a meaning outside Shaw's probable intention...
...that it would buy them back at. week's end. In Jerusalem's New City, the authorities erected a triumphal arch. From atop Mount Zion, Jewish pilgrims peered down into the Arab-held Old City; the Arabs had so far refused them permission to come in for prayers at the wailing wall. The Israelis hoped they would soon fix that. They had changed the traditional Passover prayer to: "Next year-in Jerusalem the capital...