Word: virginity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Here, on the Feast of the Annunciation in 1679, "the Lily of the Mohawks" consecrated her virginity to God and, in tribute to the Virgin Mary, whose color is blue, she changed her customary scarlet blanket for a blue one. Until the missionaries stopped her, Kateri went to Indian extremes of asceticism-lashing and branding herself, walking barefoot in the snow, putting hot embers between her toes and sleeping in brambles. She was soon venerated by her fellow Christian Indians as a living saint, and when she died at 24, they tore up her clothes for relics. Ever since...
Other notable current attractions: The Angry Silence, Tunes of Glory, Exodus, The Sundowners and The Virgin Spring...
Short of Plan. Tikhon Sokolov, Party Secretary of the Virgin Lands Territory of North Kazakhstan, admitted that poor farming methods as well as a rainy spring had knocked the region's harvest down to 73% of plan. "We are criticizing you for this," snapped Khrushchev. "We are taking it to heart," Sokolov replied. Sokolov said his region had boosted meat production, but 3,000,000 sheep had died for lack of feed. Unaccountably, Khrushchev said nothing. But when Sokolov said his region planned to raise hogs for a market weight of 110 kilograms (242 lbs.), the boss broke...
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