Word: robed
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...This went on for a few thrilling minutes. Then, totally spent by his exertions, and crushed by the stubbornness of womankind, Brown collapsed onstage, was lifted to his feet by attendants and, with the robe of a defeated boxer draped over his shoulders, began to drag himself toward the wings - until the cries of the audience magically revived him, like Lazarus or Frankenstein?s monster, and he summoned the will and strength to sing one more chorus...
...Hizballah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah now enjoys mythical status. The many faces of Nasrallah appear everywhere. At times he is portrayed as a jolly preacher, a wise scholar or a glowering warrior with his turban like a black storm cloud overhead. When a starstruck woman requested the abaya, or robe, that he wore during the war, Nasrallah obliged, and since then TV crews have been following the woman across Lebanon as she displays this now holy garment for other faithful fans...
Female religious orders are not the only sectors of the Roman Catholic Church undergoing a trend toward orthodoxy. There is a small but rapidly growing minority of priests in this country who wear the traditional habit of a Catholic priest: the cassock, a long black robe. Two orders that do this are the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter and the Institute of Christ the King. Both orders have steadily increasing membership. The Priestly Fraternity cannot build rooms in its seminary quickly enough to house the number of young men who want to become a priest. Both orders say the traditional...
...Flavor Flav,” he said, before pausing. “Flavor Flav? He’s, like, one of the worst rappers ever.” “That’s not the point!” screeched a woman dressed in a red robe and gold chains. For fans of the man born William Drayton, talent never was the point. The hundreds waiting in the cold had bought Flav’s new album, “Hollywood,” but that was because Newbury Comics made purchasing the CD a prerequisite...
...interrogators ordered him to strip to his underpants and gave him a brown dishdasha, the traditional Arabic robe, which he wore for the rest of his captivity. He was then taken down two more flights of stairs to a basement holding area that was partitioned with plywood into many small cells--at least 10, possibly more. His home for the next five weeks would be a dirty cell, 5 ft. by 4 ft., with a rough concrete floor. The plywood walls were unpainted and still bore the manufacturer's stamp in a foreign script he speculates was Korean. The walls...