Word: robing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...coarse sackcloth robe worn over a hairshirt, she sits alone in her stone-floored cell. Her food is bread, water, an occasional cooked vegetable. Through a small grilled window she may look into a chapel, and down a narrow passageway there is another barred window where she takes her daily communion. In the cell is a straight chair, a table, a board that serves as her bed and a small washroom with a cold shower. Not since she closed the door behind her 16 years ago has she ever left this confined area...
Exchange of Gifts. Instead, one day last week the Moderator arrived a half-hour early at the Vatican, dressed in the lace-ruffed robe of his office. Pope John greeted him warmly and the two religious leaders talked for 38 minutes, agreed that "truth and liberty" must exist among all the world's Christians. After the meeting, Pope John presented Dr. Craig and his delegation with books and medals, and in return was given a silver bookmark and a stone from Lake Tiberius in the Holy Land. L'Osservatore Romano pronounced the Vatican "grateful" for the visit...
...King of Kings" and Natalie Wood shared dominant dositions in the Lampoon list of "Movie Worsts for 1961." In a tie with "Parrish" for first place in the "ten worst pictures" category, "King of Kings" was also awarded the "Greatest Setback to Christianity Since 'The Robe'" Trophy...
...favorite "at home" costume during the day is a comfortable robe; she picks them up for about $12.95 apiece in Manhattan. She buys her underwear in the U.S. "because it is so much better than in Europe. You go into Bonwit Teller and buy a girdle, size small, and you get it home and it fits. It's unbelievable! Incredible! You can't do this in Europe!" It is not so simple with hats, however, which "must be made on your head. A ready-made hat will not be you. While I am sitting for a dress...
...After thinking it over for several hours, General Chang reluctantly agreed, became Premier and front man for the tough reform regime of General Park Chung Hee. Scarcely six weeks later, accused of obstructing the revolution. General Chang was put under house arrest.* Last week, dressed in the shabby white robe of a common laborer, he was sentenced to the gallows by a five-man military court in Seoul...