Word: ancient
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...grim song follows. A synthesizer simulates the wailing of Muslim prayer chants, in what sounds like an attempt to parody ancient ritual. Juxtaposed with her notes, Hubbard's piano part on the cut becomes simply a trite rendition of images that have long-ago been worked to death. In her search for a niche for herself, Hubbard, despite her supposed "renaissance," merely recasts old tunes, old images, and old ideas in a new, sucaryled form...
...while hazing is an ancient West Point tradition,* the problem of fitting women into the corps of cadets is new. It was one of the most important tasks that faced Goodpaster when he became superintendent. A year earlier, the Academy had admitted its first female cadets (now 334, out of a total corps...
Last week's "plenary meeting" in fact restored an ancient practice. Under Pope Leo IV (847-855), Cardinals began frequent administrative sessions that grew more important in church government. Then, in 1588, Pope Sixtus V, to increase his personal power and cope with a growing work load, established the various departments of the Vatican Curia. Meetings of all the Cardinals soon died out-except for papal elections and ceremonial occasions, known as "consistories," to install Cardinals and name new saints...
Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Thorwald Anderson Jr., 42, at first denied the charges, then backtracked. "I certainly made an error for which there is no excuse," said Anderson. "I further erred because I denied it to Star reporters. We will now test the ancient adage that bad publicity is better than no publicity at all." Walter H. Mann, 63, chief judge of the state's Fifth District, admitted his guilt and advocated decriminalization, calling prostitutes "compassionate human beings." State Senator Jack Kleinbaum, 62, also owned up to visiting certain saunas, but added, "It isn't something...
Familiarity, said Aesop, breeds contempt. Maybe in ancient Greece, but not at Byerly Hall, where in 1973, the Harvard and Radcliffe adminissions committees found themselves happily operating side by side under the same roof. They became so chummy that within little more than a year, they had merged into one Harvard-Radcliffe Office of Admissions and Financial Aid in order to put into effect the new equal access policy...