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...servicemen, at least half of them non-Catholics. Once he welcomed 60 sailors from the U.S. Sixth Fleet. After the Pope's speech, a chief petty officer suddenly broke out with "Waddya say, boys? Three cheers for His Holiness!" The "Hip, hip, hooray ... His Holiness!" rattled the crystal chandeliers...
Protestant Cullmann here seems to side with the Catholics. There is scant doubt, he says, that the Matthew text is both accurate and very old. Furthermore, the meaning of the original Aramaic is crystal-clear. "Kepha" was the Aramaic word for "rock"; it is also the name by which Christ called Peter...
...wanted to be white, but it was also true that no black boy liked the idea of being black. Brown skin was a satisfactory compromise . . . The best-looking girls in the village were those whose mothers had consorted with white men . . . One was known throughout the island-as the crystal sugar cake...
...pink-and-white Crystal Ballroom of the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas last week, a scholarly man in rimless glasses presided methodically over a meeting of one of the most powerful regulatory bodies in the world. He was Ernest O. (for Othmer) Thompson, 61, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, which decides, in effect, how much oil the U.S. shall produce. After a 16-minute meeting, Thompson announced to his audience of 120 oil company lawyers: Texas wells will be allowed only 17 producing days during November...
Outstanding were vases and flasks, many with wide, bulbous bottoms and thin, graceful necks. Best: a pair of black & white ceramics shaped like ducks, usable as vases or pitchers ($15 and $20); a tapering Dutch vase that looked like a crystal flame ($60); a set of wide-mouthed pottery bowls ($8.50-$19). China had lively patterns, some designed as much to be looked at as eaten off. Standout: a serving set with a modern flower motif that might have been taken from children's wallpaper (tureen...