Word: christian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Trailing the right-wing ARENA party in the latest polls, Duarte's Christian Democrats could win time for a comeback if the elections are delayed. But Duarte came under strong pressure from ARENA, which threatened to challenge any postponement in the courts and could conceivably launch a coup if concessions are made to the F.M.L.N...
Though U.S. officials emphasized that Duarte had not rejected the entire F.M.L.N. plan, they acknowledged that the Christian Democrats may be too divided to open negotiations. Thus any compromise may have to wait until after the elections, and by then it could be too late. Shut out of the polls, the F.M.L.N. is likely to launch a new offensive in a country already soaked in blood...
...exhibit presents a retrospective of Testa's works, showing his progression from a talented young draftsman to a gradually dissatisfied older artist who reflected the turmoil of his life in his later works. Mythology, classicism and Christian mythology are the dominant themes of the pieces on display, and the museum has arranged the exhibit chronologically. During his 37 years, Testa was continually plagued by his own unwillingness to produce popular, commerically successful works. Testa relied on the commissions and support of those who chanced across his artistic endeavors and happened to be of like mind. As a result, he spent...
RALPH ABERNATHY, who was vice president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is now senior pastor of West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta. -- WILLIAM ANDERS, Apollo 8 astronaut, is now senior executive vice president of Textron Inc. in Providence. -- FRANK BORMAN, Apollo 8 astronaut, heads Patlex Corp., a small California laser company, after serving ten years as chairman of Eastern Airlines. -- STOKELY CARMICHAEL, former head of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, is now known as Kwame Ture and lives in Guinea. -- ALEXANDER DUBkCEK, who was head of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, has retired from a minor post...
Since then, the Undergraduate Council, the Women's Alliance, Phillips Brooks House and the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship have jumped on the bandwagon, calling on FAS to step up its recruitment efforts. This fall, over 2000 students signed an Undergraduate Council-sponsored petition asking Harvard to reconsider its policies...