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...that the poor are our brothers and sisters, that there are people in the world who need love, who need care, who have to be wanted." Especially in a season that celebrates God's good will toward man, Mother Teresa's own loving luminosity prompts many to bestow on her a title that she would surely reject. She is, they say, a living saint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAINTS AMONG US | 12/29/1975 | See Source »

...beginning to wonder about the intellect of TIME'S editors when they are so quick to put a mush-mouthed, off-keyed nothing like Bruce Springsteen on their cover and yet take five years to bestow that honor on the one who deserves it the most-Elton John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Nov. 17, 1975 | 11/17/1975 | See Source »

Victor A. Koivumaki III '67 of the Alumni Office said yesterday he did not think a "certain type" of student is attracted by the marshal post. He said a wide range of students run because "it's the highest honor your class can bestow upon...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Eight Chosen in First Marshal Vote | 11/6/1975 | See Source »

...baseball establishment itself held on to at least 2700 tickets to bestow on managers, coaches and players, on executives from the league offices and from the front offices of other clubs, and on various allies in the political and business worlds. Every Massachusetts state legislator was given the chance to buy at least two tickets. The National Broadcasting Company reserved at least 400 seats for its executives and sponsors. Then the Red Sox had to remember the City Council and the Mayor who, in this election year, certainly put their tickets to good use. Various Washington celebrities and their families...

Author: By Fred Hiatt, | Title: Let Them Watch Television | 11/4/1975 | See Source »

Retired Bishop William Moody said that "if any more women receive illegal ordinations, he would seek permission to bestow holy orders on Secretariat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Oct. 27, 1975 | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

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