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...material world beyond. On my arrival, we spent an hour discussing things like Aristotle, St. Augustine, the human condition and contemporary affairs before he reminded me of the house "rules." "Do not talk to monks, go into the monks' living quarters or chat with other guests inside the abbey grounds," he said. "Otherwise, pax vobiscum...
...present-day abbey consists of hewn-stone buildings with red tiled roofs, pointed arches and stained-glass windows, well-tended gardens, courtyards and sprawling palm trees. There are modern touches: a fax in the office, solar panels in the garden. The wing in which visitors stay was renovated within the decade...
Officials from Winchester College--another of UK's top prep schools--and the prestigious Westminster School, situated in the shadow of Westminster Abbey also that for most of their students, the focus is on matriculating to Oxford or Cambridge...
...think the main lesson we have learnt," he said, "is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient in any happy marriage...You can take it from me, the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance." The next day, Nov. 20, the couple attended a service in Westminster Abbey, where they had been married. The abbey was also the site of Diana's funeral three months ago, and as Prince Charles and his sons William and Harry walked down the aisle, they brought back poignant memories of that occasion...
...problem: Tone Soul Evolution is a fine CD, without any real weaknesses, but it lacks the spark, innovation and contrast that mark great albums from the simply decent. Chances are that years from now, more often than not, it will lose out to the White Album or Abbey Road...