Word: 9th
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...origins of plainchant are obscure. The music takes its name from Pope Gregory I (A.D. 590-604), but probably developed in the Carolingian empire -- part of which is now Germany -- during the 8th and 9th centuries. There may be as many as 11,000 Gregorian melodies, ranging from relatively simple psalm settings to elaborate tropes that were included in the Mass. The Second ^ Vatican Council's reforms, particularly the mandated use of vernacular instead of Latin liturgies, relegated chant to a few churches and religious communities like Santo Domingo de Solis that kept the old ways as best they could...
...being used for things such as free shuttle buses to Logan Airport at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring Break; free comedy shows that the council has been hosting about once every other month in the Science Center; concerts and activities such as last month's Machinery Hall show, the April 9th Heretix performance, the April 28th They Might Be Giants concert and the late April "Yardfest;" and community recognition prizes such as the Levenson Award for excellence in teaching and the Julio Delvale prize for worthy community service. I could go on, but you get the idea...
Wednesday February 9th...
Brattle Theatre, Thurs. Nov. 9th...
...Tuesday November 9th, 1993, around 400 Harvard students gathered at the Forum of the John F. Kennedy School of Government to celebrate Professor John Kenneth Galbraith's 85th Birthday and watch the debate on NAFTA between Vice President Al Gore '69 and Ross Perot. After the debate, Galbraith commented on what has been the most widely seen event on cable TV's history. He criticized Perot's lack of coherence and the exaggeration of both debaters on the impact NAFTA would have in the U.S. economy...