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...diplomatic mission, and there soon began the line of Cluniac Popes who rebuilt the entire church. They reached their apogee of power when Gregory VII marched northward in 1077 to depose the disobedient German King Henry IV by sheer willpower. His march was halted only when the humbled King knelt for three days in the snow at Canossa to plead for the Pope's forgiveness...
...China Airlines jet on their return to Taiwan strengthened those suspicions. Copilot Tung Kuang- hsing said that Wang had choked him with a steel chain and handcuffed him in the cockpit. Flight Engineer Chiu Ming-chih said that at one point the plane swerved out of control as he knelt before Wang, begging him to change his mind. The captain, however, reportedly threatened his crewmates with an ax and muttered, "I'm sorry. I've been planning this for a long time...
...three camels. Boone, who is herself expecting this spring, agreed to do the part "because I think it's one of the most important stories that can ever be told." But she reports that one moment in the show did not light up her life: when she accidentally knelt in some "well-positioned" camel dung. Sighs Boone: "Whoever said never work with children or animals definitely had some real wisdom there...
...they descended, some of them practically skipping down the steps. No one actually kissed the ground, but Blake Synnestvedt of Bryn Athyn, Pa., knelt down and patted the tarmac. Peter Hill raised both hands over his head, as if he had won a championship fight...
...policemen for perjury. Last week in San Juan, U.S. District Court Judge Carmen C. Cerezo sentenced former Police Agent Luis Reveron Martinez to the maximum 25 years. A witness has accused Reveron Martinez of killing one of the independentistas with a twelve- gauge shotgun as the victim knelt before him. Earlier three other policemen had each received 20-to 30-year prison sentences...