Word: 12th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...comet of the 12th Magnitude--invisible to the naked eye--was reported by the University yesterday. The new body was observed at the Lick Observatory, San Jose, California on July 18 and again on July...
...Italian Protestants, the going has never been very easy. The followers of 12th Century Protestant Peter Waldo were hunted in the hills for 650 years; in a single day, 150 of them were burned alive. Things are not that bad now. But the 80,000-odd Protestants in postFascist Italy find their prospects for religious liberty looking worse instead of better. In the current Christian Century, Journalist Robert Root reports the situation under the pessimistic title, "Twilight of Religious Liberty...
...tight bunching of Gerry Genn, Larry Griffin, Rod Nordblom, and Captain George Shedd in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th slots clinched third position for the Crimson over a strong M.I.T. entry...
...Card, High Grades. Each year the kids concentrate on a different period of history (third grade, Norse; fourth, Greek, etc.), study its history, literature, painting, music, sculpture. But above all, they learn how all these subjects are "related." The Taylor theory: "To study 12th Century sculpture without realizing the tremendous force of the religious movements of the Middle Ages would be as blind as to study a maple leaf with no realization . . . of how it grew...
...Rock, Mohamed, led by the Angel Gabriel, ascended on el-Buraq, his eagle-winged mare with the human face, to visit the seven heavens of Islam. (Mohamed's footprint, judged by Mark Twain to be about size 18, is still pointed out to true believers; in the 12th Century it was shown as the footprint of Christ.) Here the muezzin's wail is still heard from the upper air, calling the faithful to prayer (La Illaha Illa-Allah-There...