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Good Friday is more somber. The zigzagging Via Dolorosa, so named only in the 16th century, is packed with pilgrims following in Christ's footsteps to Calvary. "We adore thee, O Christ ... Thou hast redeemed the world," the Franciscan monks chant in Lathi as they lead their flocks through the Arab market, through the 14 stations of the Cross. Past the small Polish chapel that marks the spot where Jesus staggered and fell under the burden of his Cross, past the Armenian church that commemorates his encounter with his mother, past the Greek chapel that honors St. Veronica...
Neither the fear of possible violence nor the heat sapped the enthusiasm of the housewives, laborers, students and professionals for the man they had come to support. As the preliminary speeches droned on, they began to chant his name in unison: "Duarte! Duarte! Duarte!" The cheers reached a crescendo as José Napoleón Duarte, leader of the Christian Democrats and President of El Salvador's civilian-military government, appeared on the makeshift podium...
...Europe, when Goth and Frank and Norman and Lombard had mingled with the rot of old Rome to form a patchwork of hybrid races, all of them notable for ferocity, hatred, stupidity, craftiness, lust and brutality-how did it happen that, from all this, there should come the Gregorian chant, monasteries and cathedrals, the poems of Prudentius, the commentaries and histories of Bede... St. Augustine's City...
Tonight students won't have to march, chant or demonstrate to let University officials know how they feel about Harvard changing its investment policy towards South Africa. Instead, they will be able to speak directly to the committee that advises the Corporation on ethical questions in investment policy...
With 3:45 remaining last night, the fans at Bright Career started to chant, "We want Cornell! We Want Cornell!" They had had enough of this assemble of chippers and diggers called Princeton. And, at that point, Princeton had certainly had enough with the Harvard hockey fans and the Harvard hockey team...