Word: advent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...credit for performance in Music 180. Undoubtedly the University takes a great deal of pride in the attention given to "Harvard's" stars when they perform in Boston or New York. The well-rounded image of Harvard is protected and promoted by those musicians wooed to Cambridge by the advent of Music 180. Thus, the exclusive study of individual and small ensemble performance receives credit, but the Orchestra, well, involves too many people. There is something curiously revealing in the University's attitude toward the value of coordinating the efforts of 90 musicians into a unified whole. Individualism is promoted...
...student activists furnished The Crimson and the local press with a steady stream of private administration documents. With the advent of the New Mood on Campus in recent days, The Crimson is reduced to generating its own internal memoranda--this, from the office of Charles U. Daly, vice-president for government and community affairs...
...failed these exams could take courses over the summer at Manter Hall," the director explains. "They could retake the entrance exams until they finally got into Harvard." The school ceased to offer this service after 1940, as a result of the dramatic increase in Harvard applications and the advent of standardized college boards...
...Guernica and the ceremonies were held under a tree which was to become the symbol of Basque freedom. For the first time in history the Basque lands became a republic and Jose Antonio Aguirre became the new president. Independence, however, lasted only two short years and perished with the advent of the Spanish Civil...
...Unification Church's national budget alone is $11 million, not counting the expenses of 120 local branches and affiliates. The cult grows steadily and currently claims 30,000 members, 7,000 of whom live in Moon communities. All believe that a "Lord of the Second Advent" (Moon, though this is not stated publicly) will redeem mankind physically by fathering a perfect family. A blend of Christian terminology, occultism and dualism is taught in Moon's scripture, The Divine Principle...