Word: vere
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Died. Herbert Vere Evatt, 71, Australian Foreign Minister (1941-49) and Labor Party leader (1951-60), who took his Commonwealth nation out of Britain's shadow and gave it a more nationalistic foreign policy, becoming a spokesman for other less-powerful nations at the drafting of the U.N. Charter, but proved unsuccessful at home as head of the Opposition Labor Party, primarily because of his ultraliberal defense of many Communist causes (the 1954 Petrov spy scandal), which split the once-powerful Laborites and cost them every election since 1951; of pneumonia; in Canberra, Australia...
...Physiologist Stanley J. Sarnoff of the National Institutes of Health supplied a paradoxical definition: "Stress is the process of living. The process of living is the process of reacting to stress." Key points by other speakers in sup port of this view: ∙ PHYSICAL STRESS, no matter how se vere, cannot harm the heart unless it is already seriously diseased or has an in adequate blood supply, said Cardiologist Paul Dudley White. The same goes for arteries, veins and capillaries. Further more, the heart and blood vessels do not merely tolerate an abundance of regular physical exercise; they thrive...
...Roman Catholic Church until a new Pope is elected, took custody of the gold Fisherman's ring that the Pope used for sealing documents; it was later broken and the pieces buried with John's body. To those in the room, Aloisi Masella spoke the ritual words: "Vere Papa mortuus est [The Pope is truly dead]." He then signed a formal certificate of death, and Vatican clerics dressed the body for its final appearance: golden miter, white alb, crimson and gold gloves, chasuble, buskins and slippers. In John's hands was placed the tiny black crucifix...
...Captain Vere, played so well by Ustinov, is the least comprehending yet most convincing of all. He fails to understand the law which he must invoke during wartime. He compels his three lieutenants to accept his cold interpretation of Billy's crime, though he would wish otherwise. In the trial scene, Ustinov is not caught between his feelings and society, as Vere is in Melville. Instead, Ustinov's hesitancy in convicting Budd reflects a striking inner conflict...
...closing action, Captain Vere is killed by a falling mast. His body lies in a pool of blood amidst the rubble of battle. Suddenly, the camera swings to an aerial shot of the duelling French and British ships. As the movie ends, the narrator assures the audience that despite the death of the innocent Budd, "history will see the victory of justice...