Word: wept
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...INNOCENT AMBASSADORS, by Philip Wylie (384 pp.; Rinehart; $4.95), whips around the world with America's most emotional writer. When not gawping at the tourist sights ("I wept as I sat on that bench and looked at the Taj Mahal"), Author Wylie is dazzling the natives with his knowledge of Shinto, his deft handling of chopsticks, his keen analytic mind. Everywhere Wylie trails disasters-Hong Kong was harassed by bubonic plague, Calcutta by cholera, "just after we left"-confounding Communists with his arguments, straightening out the thinking of Asian leaders and U.S. officials. Wylie's heart is obviously...
...white Cadillac convertible Makarios slowly made his way into the heart of Athens. People hung out of windows and balconies, perched on rooftops and jammed the sidewalks. Some threw flowers and shouted with joy; others wept. Everywhere there were scrawled signs: "Enosis" "Down with the British," "Long Live EOKA...
...center of the crush, police clubbed back the mob to keep Infante's relatives from being pushed into the grave. In all, 114 were arrested and more than 100 injured. Widow Irma wept at the graveside, while Widow Maria Luisa mourned in a limousine near by. Still to be decided...
...began to fall, came the "very bad news." Wreckage had been found in a mountain ravine near Asturias, only 22 miles northwest of Cebu city. One newspaperman, badly burned, was the only survivor of 26 aboard. President Magsaysay was dead. In the barrios and the streets of Manila, Filipinos wept...
Graham and his team have "wept, prayed and agonized" more over New York than any other community. "The enemy is fighting as we have never seen him fight before. We are wrestling with spiritual forces that can only be overcome by the power of God in answer to the prayers of God's people." Graham cites groups in Hong Kong, India and London who are praying for the New York crusade every day. Then he tells readers of Christian Life how they can help...