Word: shroud
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...June 20, Mousavi is reported to have shown up at a rally dressed in a funeral shroud, declaring his readiness for martyrdom, a hugely emotional symbol among Shi'ite Muslims. The information was distributed by e-mail, and like most other information in Iran these days, its veracity is hard to prove. But with so much arrayed against him and his allies, martyrdom may be the most powerful weapon Mousavi has left...
...evident but less formally defined within each class. First class relics include any object that may have had contact with Jesus Christ during his life, death or resurrection: wood from the stable where legend says he was born; pieces of the cross or nails used for his crucifixion; the Shroud of Turin, which the faithful believe wrapped his body before it was set in the tomb ... Had John the Baptist worn a watch, for example, it would be a second-class relic. (Had Jesus given it to him, it would be a first.) A third-class relic is anything - anything...
...under new management, the hospital has decided to lift the shroud of secrecy around the storeroom and its contents. And Maisel's photos have prodded staff to release the records of some patients to relatives who can produce death certificates proving their family connections. One of those patients was Ada Winterburn, whose stay at the hospital was uncovered by distant cousin Katherine O'Connor as she researched her family history. O'Connor had previously asked to see Winterburn's records, but the hospital refused to share them with her - until Library of Dust was published...
...they don't understand how he does it," wrote Barron's Erin Arvedlund, who quoted a "very satisfied investor" as conceding, "Even knowledgeable people can't really tell you what he's doing." But for investors pocketing windfalls, the lure of easy money outstripped suspicions raised by Madoff's shroud of secrecy. When that shroud was lifted, however, Madoff's investment fund stood revealed as a classic Ponzi scheme: a con game in which the illusion of solvency was created by paying off early investors with capital raised from later entrants. As long as new investment continued to come...
...fact is that we still don't know how the image on the Shroud of Turin was created. What we know is that the figure on the Shroud is that of a man who was crucified and the details of that crucifixion correspond to the accounts of Christ's crucifixion in the Gospels. Reggie Norton, HONORARY TREASURER, THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE TURIN SHROUD, FARINGDON, ENGLAND...