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...Morristown did just that at Harvard, except, this time, it might not have been the effect he desired. It did not take Jack long to realize a large part of the reason he found himself lonely. Although Harvard was rapidly becoming a national university, the school remained largely a bastion of New England patricians: some sort of social contact in Boston was still the prerequisite for invitations to many of the formal affairs in Cambidge. His off-hand friendliness could only elicit a put-off from the many who found him amusing, but avoidable. As one of his more genteel...
Polish patriotism has been closely bound up with religion ever since the baptism in 966 of the nation's first ruler, Prince Mieszko I. During occupation periods, the Catholic Church kept Polish language and culture alive and served as the main bastion of nationalism. After the 0 Communist takeover in 1945, the church provided a unique alternative to a "godless" Marxist regime. Going to Mass became not only a religious act but a quiet sign of rebellion against the state. Today, 75% to 80% of Poland's 36 million people are practicing Catholics. A deeply religious man, Walesa always wears...
...first major opera, Boulevard Solitude, brought him widespread attention. By age 40 he had recorded all five of his symphonies-he has since written a sixth-with the redoubtable Berlin Philharmonic. His opera The Bassarids was given a triumphant first production in 1966 at that bastion of conservatism, the Salzburg Festival; another opera, We Come to the River, was premiered by London's Royal Opera ten years later. Commissions are plentiful, and Henze is active as a conductor of his own music. Last week in Chicago, the composer led the mighty Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a program devoted entirely...
...five are survivors of the 1960s sexual revolution in education, which was powered by the women's movement and the notion that coeducation provides a more "natural" setting for learning. One male bastion after another opened its doors to female students: Yale, Dartmouth, Princeton, eventually even West Point. For the remaining handful of all-male schools, the next few years were very hard indeed. Washington and Lee, in 1978, had to accept 70% of its applicants to fill a class of 380, and the average SAT test scores for entering freshmen were at a low point...
...Soviets have spurted upward to challenge the U.S. for the dubious distinction of being the dominant merchant of death. But President Reagan has ended most of the restraints imposed by Jimmy Carter, in the interest of supporting any nation that satisfies his loose definition of a bastion against Communism. No longer are close allies considered the best buyers. The most cultivated customers, both for the Soviets and the Western powers, are developing countries. More than $18.3 billion in major weapons were delivered last year to the Third World? compared with $8 billion in 1975?and contracts were signed...