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...wanted to," she said. Her husband silenced her. But old Zvi's brown eyes flashed at the mention of his daughter. He sat up eagerly, his stocking feet dangling above the floor. "She was a very intelligent girl," he said. "I brought her up in the strictest Orthodox...
Bigart was warned to employ the strictest konspiratsia, "that favorite Balkan term for secrecy." Next day the stranger brought a guide, a stocky, studious youth named John. He told Bigart to buy a ticket to Rome and get an Italian visa, to make things look legitimate, then...
Hard playing and high spirit marked the Jayvees last year and this year looks to be about the same. Chief Boston runs the squad as he did last year and already it seems to have picked up the esprit de corps of past Boston teams. The strictest disciplinary measure they use at the blood pit is to keep offenders out of scrimmage...
...kneels before the altar, which is decorated with white flowers (fresh every morning-from the Vatican gardens in summer and from hothouses in winter). The prayers in preparation for Mass take 20 minutes, then Giovanni helps the Pope put on the vestments for Mass. Mass is said in strictest privacy. Giovanni serves and the only others present are the members of the small community of Swiss nuns of the Congregation of the Holy. Cross of Metzingen, who look after the Pope's clothes and kitchen. At about 10 minutes past 8, Mass is finished. There follow 20 minutes...
Small 'd' democrat personally and politically in the strictest sense, Gropius is simultaneously an elegant Teuton and an acclimatized New Englander who, "feels very positive toward this country." With his second wife Ise he likes to ride horseback by the shore of Walden Pond, a stone's throw from his home. "I'm so acquainted with the Massachusetts landscape," he laughs, "I know the foxes and grouse personally." An untiring host for visiting Europeans and student disciples, he is a connoisseur of French foods and the delicate Continental wines of which there are "only imitations in this country...