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Many readers may be disappointed by other textual changes. The beloved 121st Psalm ("I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help"), now takes on a distinctly new meaning: "If I lift up my eyes to the hills, where shall I find help?" The "valley of the shadow of death," in the 23rd Psalm, becomes "a valley dark as death." Those who look for "vanity of vanities" in Ecclesiastes will find now only a vacuum: "Emptiness, emptiness, says the Speaker, emptiness, all is empty...
...white pall covers the coffin to symbolize eternal life; a paschal candle flickering at the foot of the coffin symbolizes the Risen Christ. Gone is the chilling but beautiful hymn of the old Latin services -the Dies Irae ("Day of Wrath"). In its place may be the 23rd or 121st Psalm ("I lift my eyes unto the hills") or joyful hymns ending in an alleluia. The homily is modest and uplifting. "We stress that life is not ended but merely changed," says Monsignor James J. Madden of Richmond, Texas...
...punning never gets much higher than clinkers like the protagonists' names, so you had better find a little delight in Rock's old-fashioned cynicism. And if you'll buy, even for one night, the fragile premise that liquor and screwing are the soul of a good time, the 121st Hasty Pudding Show just may seem a delight rather than a fleece...
Honorary degree recipients--always the University's most cherished secret--will be announced near the end of the exercises by Pusey. Two honorary winners will be chosen to speak this afternoon at the 121st annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association at 2 p.m. in the Yard...
...aging Botvinnik, it was a triumph of selfdiscipline: all year he had stayed in training, sharpening his strategy while Tal was living it up in Europe. Botvinnik's endurance paid off in the grueling, three-day 20th game when Tal slumped wearily in his seat after the 121st move and settled for a stalemate. Two days later, calmly sipping hot coffee while Tal paced uneasily, the ex-champ finished off his youthful conqueror after 33 moves, won back his title, 13 games...