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When he arrived in New York seven weeks ago, expatriate Tibetan Buddhists, American devotees and interested followers thronged the airport to chant greetings to the Dalai Lama. Through weeks of appearances and talks in eleven cities, innumerable colleges, Buddhist centers and public forums, his welcome remained strong. And although he came to Harvard at the invitation of the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR), the Dalai Lama's significance as a religious leader here and elsewhere seems to be more than simply academic...
...during registration week, the number of Harvard students registering for the first time jumped 25 per cent over two years ago. Election workers have set up registration tables in Harvard dining halls in an effort to gain more voters...
Each of them was an imperious ruler of Egypt, albeit 32 centuries apart. Perhaps that was why President Anwar Sadat, the present ruler, leaned so solicitously over the glass-topped coffin of Pharaoh Ramses II last week at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Three years ago the mummified pharaoh, who built Abu Simbel in the course of his 67-year rule, developed-well, a fungus and parasites. He was shipped to Paris to be cured of the condition. Back in Cairo, Ramses II went on display again, along with a plaque noting that in 1258 B.C. he and Hattusilis, great...
Seven years ago, when she turned pro, Chris Evert was a chunky teen-ager with a pretty frown of concentration and a strong game. She still has the frown and the form but Evert, 24, now the bride of fellow Pro John Lloyd, 25, has become a lissome beauty. Particularly in a bikini, as on the beach at Maui, where she dutifully draped Lloyd with leis during a recent vacation. Advantage, Evert, as they...
...Arens acknowledges occasional acts of cannibalism. Two weeks ago, for example, Emperor Bokassa I, the deposed leader of the Central African Republic, was reportedly accused of practicing cannibalistic rites. Examples of eating human flesh for survival in emergencies (e.g., the siege of Stalingrad, the Andes plane crash in 1972) also abound...