Word: vestal
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...greatly. None whom she revered would be harmed, even if she must sacrifice her greatest treasure in order to keep them safe! Roxanna trembled at the knowledge of how Frederick must be rescued. “I am not worthy!” she whispered to herself, her vestal veins thrumming. But her maidenly soul, however it quivered, could not ignore the command from on high. Roxanna felt herself drawn outside, as she always did during times of trial. In the garden, the air was cool with the promise of autumn. The vines twined themselves about the tall brick walls...
...change the nature of things, it's fitting that the Campanas' current project is designing sets for Création 2007, the Ballet National de Marseille's version of Ovid's Metamorphoses, premiering in Luxembourg in December. Ancient Rome meets contemporary Brazil? Look out for the Dance of the Vestal Refuse Collectors; it's sure to swing...
...DIED. VESTAL GOODMAN, 74, Grammy-winning singer known as "the Queen of Gospel"; of complications from the flu; in Celebration, Fla. With her elaborate hairdos and the trademark white handkerchief she waved at audiences, Goodman and her husband Happy dazzled fans in live performances that were reminiscent of early camp-meeting evangelism. In five decades together, the Happy Goodman Family act recorded 15 No. 1 gospel hits...
Posters implied that pre-frosh girls will be admitted free of charge, in a nod to last year’s controversial Decadanza posters that promised free entrance to Roman Vestal Virgins, a.k.a. first-year girls. But the high-minded shouldn’t work themselves into a lather over the reference—organizers say it is meant as a joke...
...addition to posters, an e-mail about the dance (subject line: Orgy) originally read, “ALL ROMAN VESTAL VIRGINS (Freshman Girls) will be allowed to partake of the festivities without charge (free)!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA.” Shortly after, complaints from Mather residents elicited apologies from House Committee (HoCo) Co-Chair Emerson G. Farrell ’03. In part, his e-mail to the House read, “The topic of ‘freshman girls free’ was one which was done amidst the greater context of a goofy theme; standing alone, the policy would...