Word: arlington
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
After Boston's Arlington Street Unitarian-Universalist Church accorded sanctuary last May to a draft resister and an AWOL soldier, the American Employers' Insurance Co. canceled the church's $1,400,000 property damage coverage. The congregation has failed to find a new underwriter. Westchester Fire Insurance Co. of New York dropped $256,000 worth of policies on the Unitarian Church of the Mediator in Providence, R.I., after the company learned that the congregation intended to offer sanctuary to draft resisters (it did, in fact, shelter two in June...
...churches affected are letting actuarial worries curb their activism. Says the Rev. Albert Q. Perry, pastor of the Church of the Mediator: "We can always meet in a barn. But we can't meet anywhere if we haven't got the principles." As a stopgap solution, the Arlington Street congregation has instituted its own fire watch: volunteers from the parish take turns patrolling the church every night...
During the festivities, the story was told of the day years ago when Carl was sitting at the baby grand piano inside his little white house in nearby Arlington. He was hammering out the same dissonant chord over and over in an all too obvious and painful search for yet another answer. Outside, Composer Cowell paused, listened, finally burst into Ruggles' room. "Carl," he cried out, "what in God's name are you trying to do with that chord?" Replied Ruggles: "I'm giving it the test of time." It must have passed the test...
...Arlington's Tom Spengler contributes sarcasm to cross country joke sessions and consistent, unspectacular running to meets. Quiet, serious Howie Foye combines with lanky Max Schweizer and "Palo Alto Fats" Enscoe to form a solid supporting cast of sophomores...
...seventh district includes mainly suburbs north of Boston--Arlington, Belmont, Winchester, Saugus, Medford, and other nearby communities...