Word: within
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...explained his decision to run for the presidency, der Alte suddenly lashed out at Britain. "For some time," said Adenauer, "the atmosphere toward Germany in Britain has been, one might almost say, systematically impaired . . . British attacks against De Gaulle, arising from certain differences of opinion, are keeping, I believe, within moderate limits. Only against us Germans and especially against me are these attacks being made ever more strongly...
When the rebel Khamba tribesmen began attacking Red outposts within 40 miles of Lhasa, the Red commander demanded that the Dalai Lama prove his "solidarity" by ordering his 5,000-man bodyguard against the rebels. It was a shrewd move, for in the past Lhasa had had its own troubles with the Khambas, who recognized the spiritual rule of the Dalai Lama but had a habit of killing his tax gatherers and robbing caravans. The God-King solved it neatly: he sent a message to the Khambas saying cryptically that "bloodshed was not the answer," but flatly refused to lend...
...gained by rites, liturgies, prayers, magic or sacraments, but only by the deliberate inner search for self. Most effective is right thought and right behavior. Sin does not offend any god, but only the man who commits it. This stern doctrine proved too barren for most men. Within 200 years, Buddha was transformed by followers from Master into Lord, and surrounded by all manner of legend, demonology and ceremonial...
...with tradition, the Emperor and Empress were barred from the wedding; they, like the rest of Japan, had to be satisfied with watching it on television. Nor did those present see much of the actual ceremony. Led by the white-robed Chief Ritualist, the little wedding procession quickly disappeared within the shrine. Crown Prince Akihito, wearing his saffron-yellow robes, was attended only by his grand chamberlain, a trainbearer, a Shinto priest, and another chamberlain carrying the 700-year-old sword, the symbol of Akihito's royal rank...
...while Big Pasquale was peeling his morning orange in the marketplace, he was accosted by a little man called "The Ship" because of his rolling gait. Within minutes, Big Pasquale was reaching for his pistol, but The Ship was too fast for him. True to the Camorra code. Big Pasquale told the police nothing, and everyone around-the shoeshine boy, the boy's customer, even the woman who sold the oranges-had sudden lapses of memory. But before he died in the hospital, Big Pasquale told Little Doll what had happened: Tony Esposito had sent The Ship around...