Word: shepherded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fully half of the 18 men who arrived in Viet Nam with Johns last July have been killed or wounded. His only wound came from a dog-not his own-that flipped under pressure and nearly tore off Johns's right hand. His own dog, a German shepherd named Kentucky, patrolling at the edge of a jungle copse, sniffed out an ambush, saved 35 lives-and won Johns a Bronze Star recommendation...
...infallibility. The second biggest is the degree of veneration that Catholics-but not Protestants-accord to Mary, the Jewish girl who became the mother of Christ. Indeed, many Catholics look askance at one of the great symbols of Marianism-Fátima, the small Portuguese village near which three shepherd children claimed to have seen, on May 13, 1917, the first of several visions of Mary. If for no other reason than the youngsters' impressionable ages-seven, nine and ten-there is widespread skepticism about the authenticity of the Fátima apparition...
...always had splendid accommodations, but its new airport opened 18 months ago, and the new accessibility guarantees new popularity. Portugal's biggest draw of the season will be the tiny village of Fatima, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Virgin Mary's appearance to three shepherd's children. Tens of thousands of pilgrims are expected in Fatima, but getting satisfactory accommodations is going to be almost as miraculous as the event the pilgrims have come to celebrate: the town has a scant 5,000 beds for guests-mostly in places that have neither running water...
...inspiration is "the way I live, the people who live around me, the world." Every Ellington piece is a musical snapshot from his experience. Mood Indigo is a little boy kept indoors by the rain, thinking of a little girl to whom he tipped his cap the day before; Shepherd Watching over the Night Flock, one of his newest pieces, is a preacher friend who canvasses Manhattan bistros each night, ministering to musicians and barflies...
...often cooks up an enormous meal?one of her favorites is a lamb casserole crammed with raisins, garlic, apples, onions and lemons. She downs yoghurt by the pint, and has been heard to hail a taxi by imitating the shriek of a pewit?which she learned from a Northumbrian shepherd when she was nine years...