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...ultimate origins. In the Middle Ages he looked to the Bible for the answer Turning to the book of Genesis, which says that God created man on the sixth day. James Ussher, the Archbishop of Armaugh, decided in 1650 to determine when that day had occurred By calculating backward through all the biblical "begats" he figured that man was created in 4004 B.C. John Lightfoot, master of St. Catherine's College at the University of Cambridge, shortly thereafter pinpointed the time of the momentous event even more precisely. He announced that it had occurred...
Someone once told me, though, that it was better to look forward than backward, which brings us to this week's games, the toughest group of contests in memory. Also, my momentum, I'm afraid, has departed, and as a result, an 0-4 showing today is quite possible...
Foreign reaction to the crackdown was immediate and caustic. State Department Spokesman Hodding Carter III said the Administration was "deeply disturbed" by what "seems to represent a very serious step backward." Other officials suggested that Washington might now be willing to consider diplomatic and economic sanctions against the South African regime. "I think they panicked," said U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young. "They are frightened, and they are committing political and social suicide." Ambassador William Bowdler was called back to Washington from Pretoria for "consultations...
...discussing them, despite occasional sneers from fellow students. John Duff '78 says it is particularly important to face the questions of non-Christians. "We are at Harvard and there are an awful lot of people who think what we believe is a lot of baloney and that we're backward. It's an atmosphere in which people are questioning our beliefs all the time and we have to face those questions," he says...
Center Screen. Canadian film special, with Donald Brittain's Volcano Friday at 7:30 and 9:30; Bethune and Starblanket, Saturday at 7:30; Saul Alinsky Went to War and Never a Backward Step, Saturday at 9:30; Memorandum and Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen, Sunday at 7:30; and King of the Hill and The Players, Sunday at 9:30. All shows at Carpenter Center. (Call 253-7620 for ticket information...