1.   And by coming here from Katmandu, Nepal, to build the mandala, the seven nuns are making religious history.

2.   It is the first time that Tibetan nuns have made a mandala in the U.S.

3.   It is the first time that Tibetan nuns have made a mandala in the United States.

4.   The nuns made us climb under our desks for air-raid drills, and cried and sent us home early the day JFK was shot.