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...wish Clark the best of luck bringing the school into the 21st cen...
...Japanese have never followed only one religion. Shinto, an animistic nature cult, has coexisted for centuries with different Buddhist sects; there is also a Christian minority. But starting in the late 19th cen-tury, an official attempt was made to bring all Japanese under one spiritual roof. The nation was taught to follow the imperial cult, called State Shinto: the belief that the Japanese Emperor is divine, that the Japanese are de-scended from their ancient gods, and that any order from a superior-in the government, in the army, at school-must be obeyed without question. State Shinto turned...
...Charles, drinking at Cronin's, the ludicrous vaudeville shows at the Hasty Pudding Club, the sun rising over the blue dome of Lowell House. And as with Oxford or the Sorbonne, the House of Commons or the Vatican or any other very long-lived institution, 3 1/2 cen- turies of history have probably taught Harvard that all things come and go. And this too -- whatever it may be -- shall pass...
...Bolivia, the government move drew an angry response from former Finance Minister Flavio Machicado, who two weeks ago quit the Cabinet of President Hernan Siles Zuazo. Machicado charged that the President had caved in to pressure from the powerful Bolivian Cen tral Labor Union, which led an April gen eral strike to protest belt-tightening mea sures demanded by the International Monetary Fund. Said Machicado: "This renegotiation idea is absurd...
Last April Ren Cen's owner, Ford Motor Land Development, announced that it was selling the center for $500 million. But the buyers, Chicago Lawyer Theodore Netzky and two partners, failed to raise money to close the deal and are still looking for investors. The mortgage holders, four insurance companies and Ford Motor Credit Co., are meeting to consider options other than foreclosure...