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TRANSPACIFIC TRAGEDY. The conceptual artist Christo's $26 million project started as a transpacific wonder; it ended in binational disaster. Last week a worker was electrocuted while taking down one of the 1,340 20-ft. blue umbrellas unfurled along 12 miles of Japan's landscape. A week earlier, high California winds toppled one of 1,760 yellow umbrellas opened as part of the same project. Lori Rae Mathews, 33, was crushed by the 485-lb. parasol. Removing the ill-starred display will take months...
...which the language "Truth for Christ and The Church" is as much a part of its institutional identity as the more secularly fashionable "Veritas." The degrees, even for candidates in the Divinity School, are still granted under the Great Seal of the Corporation with its Latin formulation "veritas: Christo et Ecclesiae." I think the institution is strong enough to sustain these references to its formative motto...
...were reminded at the inauguration, the Harvard seal used to say "Christo et ecclesia" in addition to the familiar "Veritas." But this traditional reference to Christ was similarly discontinued because it was considered too exclusive, even though it is still mentioned as a characteristic of the University's past...
...Baldwin stares out from a large color portrait, while Mark Twain is granted a small black-and- white snapshot, and Henry James is not seen at all, though oddly enough his house is. In the coverage of modern art, Georges Braque's painting is shown in black and white; Christo's sketch is in color. In order to furnish the third edition with a fresh look, two sections go under the gliterary titles of Colorpedia and Alphapedia. Translation: pages full of pictures, and items arranged...
Cover: Wrapped Globe, 1988 by Christo, photographed by Gianfranco Gorgoni