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...three accused, pale-faced and trembling, knelt. "Kill them!" shouted the crowd. A second later, the shots rang...
...Ridgway knelt down and tied the shoe. "Is that too tight?" he asked...
...Seven miles from Valley Forge, where Washington in 1778 knelt in prayer for his ragged army...
...attendant priests, plus the American visitors. Along the road from the river to Phat Diem town, a group of young cyclists waited to greet the returning bishop. He had been away only four days, but the people seemed genuinely moved and excited in welcoming him back. Some knelt by the roadside. Mothers held out their bare-bottomed babies for the bishop's blessing. Little boys & girls ran screaming, laughing, cheering beside the battered old episcopal car. In Hanoi, I have seen frozen-faced people watch Bao Dai pass by. This was very different...
Faces to the Wall. Last week's opening ceremonies were conducted amid the high good spirits of a family christening. After solemn prayers, during which strangers (allowed to participate for the first time) and members alike knelt on the benches with faces turned toward the wall, a motion was put by Prime Minister Attlee to thank the King for the new House. Seconded by Churchill, it passed unanimously...