Word: vias
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...styled Boeing 707 that took him to Western Europe in August. He will stop off in Rome to reassure Italy's Premier Antonio Segni that Italy, though not included in the Western summit, is not forgotten. He will also talk with Pope John XXIII. Thence via Turkey, Pakistan and Soviet-influenced Afghanistan (see map) the President will fly into New Delhi for five days of talks with Nehru and his advisers, for the opening of the U.S. exhibit, and a "very major" foreign policy speech (also for some sightseeing, including Agra's matchless Taj Mahal...
Meat in the Soup. Similar evidence that religion in Russia is alive is provided by one of the latest Soviet novels to reach the West (via an Italian translation). The Miraculous Icon is a 19th century moral tale in reverse: hero sinks down and down into the depths of Christianity, is saved in the nick of time by conversion to clear-eyed atheism...
...Northwestern (5-0)-staged its weekly cliffhanger by giving away two touchdowns via fumbles, flashed to a 30-24 victory over old-foe Notre Dame...
Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) services were an hour late getting started in Madrid, but nobody seemed to mind. One of the 200 Jews who crowded the third-floor hall off Madrid's Gran Via explained: "We've waited 467 years for this day. A few more minutes won't hurt." At last the congregation, led by younger members bearing the Torah, began the solemn march, chanting the ancient Hebrew prayer: "Praised be the Lord, for He is good and His mercy endureth forever." Then the congregation president lit the "eternal light" (an electric bulb). Occasion: dedication...
...Archbishop Gaetano Bedini, who visited the U.S. in 1853-54 as special papal legate. Undeterred by an assassination plot hatched by anti-Catholic fanatics during his U.S. tour, Bedini asked the Holy See to furnish land and buildings, U.S. bishops to provide funds. Quartered in a converted convent on Via dell'Umilta (Humility Street), the school opened hopefully in 1859 with twelve students from seven states (three of the twelve later became archbishops). Pope Pius IX came himself for Mass, Communion and breakfast (including ice cream and punch); delighted students gave three rousing cheers for George Washington and three...