Word: wall
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...against the Diem government's anti-Buddhist drive. But the Buddhists managed to spirit out of the building the receptacle holding Quang Due's ashes. "The ashes are holy," said one monk. "We would give 15 lives to defend them." Two other monks escaped over the back wall of Xa Loi (pronounced sah loy) into the grounds of the adjoining U.S. Aid Mission, where they were given temporary sanctuary...
...their worship. With permission from Rome, the reformers undertook to restore lay participation in the liturgy. The reformers revived congregational singing of chants and hymns that accompany the Mass. In place of ornate altars, they celebrated Mass on plain stone tables, and they faced the congregation instead of the wall. They introduced the "dialogue" Mass, in which the congregation responds to the prayers of the priest. Some reformers advocated that at least parts of the Mass be recited in the language of the people...
...Germans have learned to live with the Berlin Wall and the deadly, 830-mile barricade that divides the rest of their nation, on neither side have they forgotten or forgiven its existence. The most eloquent evidence of East Germans' refusal to accept Sovietization is that 16,456 of them have risked their lives and fled to the West since the Wall went up. Among them were 1,304 members of East Germany's army and police force, enough to form 13 companies. At least 65 more East Germans are known to have been killed while attempting to escape...
Patrick B. McGinnis made a million as a Wall Street railroad securities specialist, but his life became a hotbox when he switched to running rails instead of rating them. McGinnis was tossed out as Norfolk Southern chairman after a federal judge fined the line for selling securities without competitive bidding. He next was eased out of the Central of Georgia for highhanding its directors. Then McGinnis got control of the New Haven Railroad and, in an experience that still haunts its 26,000 daily commuters, brought on frequent delays and breakdowns by cutting maintenance. After leaving the New Haven, McGinnis...
...Loreto, prayed endlessly that "the Lord would free me from that passion." But several nuns who were Sister Virginia's close friends acted as if they were on Satan's payroll: when the time came, it was one of them who tossed the convent key over the wall to Osio...