Word: priestly
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...David R. Priest, one of the two people from Minnesota to get an early offer of admission, would be the first person in his family to go east for college. "I'd never been to the East before. I had no prior exposure to Harvard except the alumni interview and the brochures," the 17-year old from Minneapolis says...
...Priest gave another reason for attending the event. "I love being with people I don't know. We all have no connections to each other except that we were all accepted early...
...should even send a Hallmark greeting today to that special girlfriend, boyfriend, or simply "friend." Should you go for mailed personals or an even more personal approach? Maybe leave a dozen roses or a huge Hershey's kiss anonymously outside her door in commemoration of St. Valentine, a Roman priest martyred as a Christian...
...Some 80% of Haitians are nominally Catholic, and the clergy has spoken out more since the 1983 visit of Pope John Paul II, who criticized the Duvalier regime and assured the downtrodden population "I am with you." One day after the July referendum, a 78-year-old Belgian-born priest was beaten to death by thugs. Three other priests, including the director of the Catholic-run radio station Radio Soleil, were expelled from the country in July...
Even after Duvalier had declared a 30-day state of siege and the armed forces put on a heavy display of power, the riots continued. At an early Mass at the St. Jean Bosco church in a poor district of the capital, a soldier shot and wounded the priest for no apparent reason. An enraged congregation spilled into the street and set off more protests. In other parts of town, militiamen fired into the crowds, while rioters smashed car and store windows, looted shops, and constructed roadblocks from tires and burning garbage. By week's end an estimated 26 people...