Word: 12th
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...should we accept the ruling of the 16th century Council of Trent? Let's go back to the 12th century and consider whether women have souls. Want to sign up, Archie Bunker Lefebvre...
...author delights in turning history on its head in smaller matters too. T.S. Eliot notwithstanding, he makes a strong case against the 12th century martyr of Canterbury, Thomas a Becket, whom he sees as a willful, grandstanding prelate who egotistically courted martyrdom. Becket, he says, "did no service to Christianity." Flouting popular myth, Johnson points out that the great medieval cathedrals were generally not the work of inspired volunteer artisans but of skilled hired hands, who sometimes went on strike and had to be chided for goofing off. He clears Alaric and his Goths of the charge that they destroyed...
...Office equipment rental charges for the July 12th week reaching $37.50 each for stack chairs, $55 for a typewriter stand, $140 for a filing cabinet and $10 for a wastebasket. TV sets are $50 per day. One firm is accused of having raised its prices from 50% to 400%, depending on the item, in the past four months...
...walk moved Cal to second, and two pitches later he swiped the hot corner. Dave Crowley singled in the 12th and last Crimson run. The rally ended one run shy of its goal with a choppy ground-out to third...
Medenica set out last weekend for Connecticut's Lime Rock Park, ready to tackle the SCCA's first regional race in the New England championship series. Since he began his racing career in 1974, Medenica had never finished better than 12th in a regional, but this year he began harboring big ambitions...