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...Open, Hingis made the semifinals in not only singles but also women's doubles, with Helena Sukova, and mixed doubles, with Christo van Rensburg. Alas, she lost in the semis of all three. In the women's singles on Saturday, the No. 16 seed fell to the No. 1 player in the world, Steffi Graf, 7-5, 6-3. Though Hingis blew five set points in the first set and briefly lost her composure, there was no disgrace in the defeat. Asked last Wednesday if playing in three competitions might be too much, Hingis, whose game is ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOVE-15 AT THE OPEN | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

...today the 'Christo et Ecclesiae' has been detached from 'Veritas.' 'Veritas' is now unanchored," Monroe said. "I think that in a pluralistic world that is perhaps necessary and understandable but we should at least allow students to explore what the founders had in mind...

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: Book Explores Religion at Harvard | 7/19/1996 | See Source »

...methods, and often because they rebelled against them. Harvard as an institution has affected American history simply because of the colorful personalities it has touched. How many know of the circumstances, also recounted in Buell's book, behind the simple change in Harvard's motto from "Veritas" to "Christo et Ecclesiae?" President Increase Mather sponsored this amendment as an expression of Harvard's commitment to Orthodox Congregationalism in the face of the onslaught of Unitarianism--a struggle which led to the creation of another college in 1701, one Yale University by name...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: Harvard History 10a | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

Major art celebrities Christo, Frank Gehry, Ellsworth Kelly and Miss Mary will attend, tickets required...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Marking the Fogg's Century This Weekend | 11/2/1995 | See Source »

Towards the end of the film, Gaxiola travels to see Christo's yellow umbrellas in the Southwest desert. He strides into the beautiful hills as he loads his paintgun. As he prepares to deface the umbrellas with a vigilante's red paint (a scene Blank does not film), he explains that it isn't that he doesn't respect Christo. Rather, he is "trying to becomes part of the history of his umbrellas." This type of language punctuates the otherwise campy (and fun) side of Gaxiola's personality with the happy result of widening the intellectual scope of the documentary...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, | Title: Cowboy Blasts Warhol | 4/14/1995 | See Source »

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