Word: virgination
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Real estate (property in Baltimore County, Md., and equity in a condominium in St. Croix, Virgin Islands), $29,000. The St. Croix apartment is valued at $49,000, but has a $35,000 mortgage...
...Croix, largest of the American Virgin Islands, is a serenely beautiful patch of lush jungle mountains, golden valleys and tropical beaches. It is dotted with condominiums as well as the remains of stone sugar mills that were built by the Danes more than a century ago. By tradition, the islanders have made mainland Americans feel at home. As a Virgin Islands travel brochure puts it: "They show you their love in small, spontaneous ways...
...pinch, his secretary calls a neighbor who lives six miles away. When Douglas wants to call, he drives 40 miles to a roadside phone booth outside Yakima, Wash., drops in a dime and gets his office collect. Keeping contact with Thurgood Marshall also has its difficulties. In the Virgin Islands in July, he broke an ankle in a Jeep accident. Last summer he had appendicitis, and two summers ago he got pneumonia. "We have a regular routine here," says his secretary. "I go on vacation and the Justice goes to the hospital...
...still a virgin. My friends last year blamed it on the fact that I was the youngest girl on campus. But I can't see having intercourse unless it's part of a tight emotional bond. My father has influenced me, but the fact that he is a minister has nothing to do with it. The church is not a stronghold against sex any more...
...which four are good, the rest mediocre. Two lovely 15th century icons of the Pskov school--"St. Boris and St. Gleb" and "Prophet Elijah and the Fiery Chariot"--are distinguished by their vibrant reds, simplicity of line, and native charm. Another early 15th century icon, "The Dormition of the Virgin," is redeemed by the beautifully drawn central figure of the Holy Spirit (the rest of the figures are stereotypic and pedestrian.) "Our Lady of Jerusalem" is the only example from the famous Novgorod school. And the greatest of Russian icon painters--Feofan the Greek and Andrel Rublev--are not represented...