Word: 12th
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dartmouth the varsity stretched dual meet record to 5-0 with an 34 1/2-41/2 lashing of the Indians. Aggrey Awori, who did not compete in the New England Championships, won the dash, hurdles and broad jump, his 12th, 13th, and 14th victories of the season...
...great 12th century Augustinian monk, Hugh of St. Victor, explained the uniquely European religious art form that turned Gothic cathedrals into lanterns of light. Today a new generation of Christian churches (more than 3,000 in West Germany alone) has arisen. Once again artisans of stained glass have been called back into service to enliven, enrich and ennoble houses of worship (see color pages...
...fact preceded by at least 2,500 years of art and civilization in the islands and mainland of the Greek world. First came the full cycle of the pre-Hellenic civilizations of the Minoans and the Mycenaeans, with their varied and sophisticated achievements, which finally flamed out in the 12th century...
...senior Senator from Pennsylvania. "Life is not worth living," Adams once admitted, "unless you are attached to someone." The warmth of their relationship encouraged him to believe that the figure of the Mother is the core of Christianity. In Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, he credited the 12th century adoration of the Virgin with inspiring the building of the great cathedrals and with giving man happiness he has not had since...
...Justice, Order, Unity, Perfection," Adams wrote. "He could not be human and imperfect. The Mother alone was human, imperfect and could love. The Mother alone could represent whatever was not Unity; whatever was irregular, exceptional, outlawed; and this was the whole human race." In contrast to the 12th century, the current times seemed increasingly bleak, and in The Education of Henry Adams, he argued that the dynamo had replaced the Virgin as an object of faith...