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...summit. At seven stages of the ascent are situated seven cornices, and on each of them penitents purge one of the seven deadly sins. The proud plod under heavy burdens; the envious wander with eyelids sewn shut; the gluttonous gaze at inaccessible fruit. As Dante and Virgil ascend, they meet famous figures of the Middle Ages engaged in the agonies of atonement-among them Pope Adrian V, King Philip the Fair, the poets Guido Guinizelli and Arnaut Daniel. At first the climb is cruelly difficult, but as Dante ascends it becomes easier. Both as a man and a poet...
Stimulated Livers. Goldwater headquarters are at 4 Estienne d'Orves, near the Opera, where a colorful sign directs passers-by to ascend to the second floor to the office of "Americans Abroad for Goldwater." A newsman asked the concierge what went on upstairs. She shrugged: "They come and go and make excited talk. They have big American cars and are very serious." Chairman Galbraith, who works for a French subsidiary of Morgan Guaranty Trust, is aided by Co-Chairman Colleen Moore, a star of silent movies, and both were pleased last week to have found a Goldwater chairman...
...Mistress Ellen is herself a toy, and she is faced, moreover, with the transformation problem endemic in all U.S. sex farce: how to ascend from playmate to helpmate in two acts and four scenes of deepening innuendo...
...subject to simple mathematical determination, McLandress has also devised a "multidimensional" formula that establishes a man's status in the American "sociometric peerage" on the basis of his calling, professional standing and prestigious activities, such as philanthropy (membership in the Kiwanis counts for little). Obviously, one way to ascend in the sociometric peerage is to establish a reputation as an authority on world affairs, and the "McLandress Solution," as he calls it, was devised to meet this need. Its secret, long treasured by professional pundits, is the "third-dimension departure," by which the McLandress client is trained...
There is an obvious reason why the Gen Ed courses have moved toward the departmental, one which the Bruner Committee and Holton observed: there is no Department of General Education, and teachers looking to ascend within their departments or professional careers find more rewarding, and easier to teach, courses with departmental content...