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POETS AT WORK (186 pp.)-Essays by W. H. Auden, Karl Shapiro, Rudolf Arnheim, Donald A. Stauffer; Introduction by Charles D. Abbot- Harcourt, Brace...
...belonged to Earl Godwine, friend of Edward the Confessor. One legend says that Godwine, hard-pressed by his enemies, vowed to the Virgin that if he got back to Lomea he would build a steeple to Tenterden Church; when he escaped he forgot the vow. Another version: that the Abbot of Canterbury built the steeple from money intended for the island's dikes...
Whether for Earl Godwine's forgetfulness or the Abbot's enterprise, deferred punishment came to the island in 1099 when it was submerged by the sea in a storm. Lomea became one of the world's worst perils to shipping. Strong winds and tides pumping through the narrow Straits of Dover have not only built up the Goodwin's seaward side into an almost vertical wall, but driven ships into the sucking grasp of their sands. At low tide, the Goodwins are a desolate, brownish-grey archipelago; between 1824 and 1854, determined cricketers sloshed through four...
Hokkekyo was not the only place in Japan last week where the interests of God and Mammon were becoming entangled. Shinsho Temple's plump, leathery Abbot Araki had to journey 40 miles to Tokyo to find out where his temple and its 350 employees stood under the new Labor Standards Act. So far his only word of encouragement has come from Temple Warehouse Keeper Shigeru Shinohara, head of the union of which 252 temple workers (including all 22 priests) are members. "We want regular wages," Shigeru said, "but no regular eight-hour working days. Sometimes a whole delegation...
...second period got off to a sloppy start, but Dave Abbot managed to top off a disorganized rush with an unassisted goal at 2:12. McKean added his second tally at 10:15, but Northeastern struck back two minutes late while the Crimson were shorthanded. The tempo of play went up as George Minot angled in the sixth Crimson score at 14:45, Dick Greeley following with his second effort shortly thereafter...