Word: baha
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often poor, and especially in the first act, the conductor has had him sing much too slowly. Ernest Triplett as Nick Shadow, Rakewell's servant, dominates the production, with both a good voice and an understanding of his role that makes him also a strong actor. Eunice Alberts as Baha, the bearded lady, is a fine comic heroine, with a rich vibrato that nicely complements her outlandishly ornate costume. Irene Elvin as Anne Truelove, Tom's true love is a fine singer, although not as good an actress as Miss Alberts...
...ambitious son of a successful used-car dealer, Allen, 39, is one of nine American leaders of the Baha'i faith, a Persian religion resembling Unitarianism that advocates world brotherhood and universal education. A Stanford graduate, he joined the ed school faculty there, ran the Peace Corps training program, and continually tried to inspire public schools to break up their rigid schedules. The "modular" class system he advocates−16-to 20-minute periods that can be endlessly recombined for different subjects−is now used in 500 schools, from Temple City, Calif., to Sarasota...
...good times with Baha'is. They embody part of a new, glowing, wonderful uniting force. A typical Baha'i meeting reminds one of the UN General Assembly. But, I suspect, that unity is more specialized and less universal than Baha'is believe. They may be one of the cradles for a new multi-racial race among other races, rather than for the kind of world unity they envision...
...Baha'is are working toward bringing the whole world under their spiritual and political jurisdiction. In their religious and civil conceptions, they stress the collective more than the individual, obedience more than assertiveness. Properly convened, their supreme International House of Justice is deemed infallible. Baha"u'llah is buried in Israel and Baha'i International Headquarters is there. At one meeting, I heard Baha'i pioneer, Dan Jordan, beamingly report a message the Israeli government once sent the Baha'is: "We love you." Well, perhaps we must courageously and plainly tell the Palestinians: "God is simply not on your side...
...Baha'is see the major steps in their future in three great canvasses. The first is a period of persecution. The second, called the time of the "Lesser Peace," finds the world, exhausted with disaster, coming together in a loose, imperfect way while increasingly looking to Baha'is for guidance. The third, called the time of the "Most Great Peace," realizes the Baha'i "Theomony." Some believers enthusiastically look forward to all three periods. Last June, the Baha'i religion was banned in Iraq. Tomorrow, the world. The day after tomorrow, the Kingdom...