... who commissioned it and who loved it, all those long years ago. Sooner or later, everyone and everything came through Kabul, they had said once, if it lived long enough. Mughals and khans and legionaries and missionaries. Sooner or later every empire went to war with Kabul, if it lasted long enough. The Americans were only the latest; the city would survive them, and they would not be the last...
As you may remember from a previous post , I went squee over Playmobil Roman Legionaries. Time for further fun with them. A person on BoardGameGeek has started doing game reviews... using the Playmobil Romans, in the person of Centurion G. Maximus and the Imperial Reviewers Legion. Even if you don't care about the games, I suggest you check them out, as they're very clever. http://boardgame....
... reason, I spent the weekend surfing the Irish clerical child abuse scandal, the related Christian Brothers scandal, and the Legionaries of Christ/Father Maciel scandal. All of these involved abuse of children; the Legionaries of Christ also involved misuse of funds and cult techniques, including a vow not to speak ill of your ...
...has officially prohibited members of the Legionaries of Christ from exercising any ministry... earlier permissions given to the Legionaries that restricted their work to ... apostolic association connected to the Legionaries. "In the past," it explained, ... their own members. Because the Legionaries of Christ have not abided ... that reiterates the ban. The Legionaries are currently undergoing a worldwide ...
... years or so). Which has a certain irony in this case. If these Anglo-Catholics join the Roman Communion they can join up with very conservative Roman Catholic groups like Regnum Christi and The Legionaries of Christ, also totally dominated by closeted gay fellows. About that : If you had based your life - and sacrificed much of your emotional health - on the "intrinsic disorder" theory, you ...
... up at Larry innocently. “I cannot imagine why that should be.” “Nothing about flaming catapults?” Larry raised an eyebrow. Octavius lifted his chin. “Merely a routine training exercise for the legionaries. That your replacement happened to get in the way was simply unfortunate.” “Uh-huh.” Larry winked conspiratorially. “Well, guess I also have you guys to thank for keeping the spot open for...
But--er--aren't you afraid this is gambling?" "After your exploits at roulette in the Elkhorn " she retorted "I'm not afraid that you're afraid. It's a sporting proposition if that's what you mean. A race for a million and with some of the stiffest dog-mushers and travellers in the country entered against you. They haven't entered yet but by this time to-morrow they will and dogs will be worth ...
Slapped two ration cartons down on the broad sill of the issuing window. The big fellow handed one to Wingate and sat down on the floor-plates his back supported by the galley bulkhead. 'What's your name bud?' he enquired as he skinned the cover off his ration. 'Mine's Hartley-"Satchel" Hartley. ' 'Mine is Humphrey Wingate. ' 'Okay Hump. Pleased to meet 'cha. Now what's all this song and dance...
Inducted into the office by the interest of some powerful person it was generally understood that the new Abbot should grant for his patron's benefit such leases and conveyances of the church lands and tithes as might afford their protector the lion's share of the booty. This was the origin of those who were wittily termed Tulchan [61] Bishops being a sort of imaginary prelate whose image was set...
Better care and treatment of them than did their Indian copartners. Of course the white men themselves were satisfied with such deals as were also the Indian men for that matter. Having sold their daughters and sisters for cotton blankets and obsolete rifles and traded their warm furs for flimsy calico and bad whisky the sons of the soil promptly and cheerfully succumbed to quick consumption and ...
