Word: advent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since Jesus failed, a new Messiah must come to complete the task of building the "perfect family." According to Divine Principle, the time for this "Lord of the Second Advent" to be born was right after World War I, and the place, Korea...
...workers who gave the computer its name, who call it simply "the machine," its advent is not as impressive as it is for management. Leyla Reddy, a clerk, says "at first it was fun because it was something different," and Conceicao A. Peixoto, who works in the payroll office, says that the work became "very interesting" when the computer came in last year. By now, however, the bloom has come off the rose; even though the machine has splintered the time needed to track down an error in the payroll from days to smithereens of seconds, it has lost...
...With the advent of warm weather and the ensuing move to the outdoor courts, the situation does not improve. Nearly a third of the courts--the more closely cared-for clay courts--are usually held in reserve for the Harvard-Radcliffe teams...
William Alber, news director of WBZ radio, said yesterday that he knew nothing of Grandmaison's possible candidacy, but "in the advent he becomes a candidate, obviously he will have to resign his job here...
...years ago were the golden days between Nixon's 1971-72 "garden variety" recession and the unheralded advent of the '74-75 abject slump. Rick Mendelson '75, whom everyone describes as "a very bright and high-powered guy," had just become editor of the Harvard Political Review, bringing with him the seeds of a cultural revolution. Mendelson's predilictions were towards graphics, promotion, and marketing, as were those of his associate editor, Tim Bliss '75. They thought that with a slicker-looking product the Review could appeal to a much wider audience than just the Harvard wastebaskets where...