Word: communale
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...food ordering each week and estimates that weekly supplies cost $800 or so. The only problem, it appears, is that the farm dividends allow no preferences for type of produce. Residents admitted that brussel sprouts have indeed been sent in bulk (uggh.) But there are compensations. "There's a communal Simpson thing," according to co-president Rosslyn Wuchinich '98. And they have Munro for entertainment, a self-proclaimed "mascot for those who don't want to do work, except during reading period." And of course, there are the lovable cats, Iri and Suzanne, who are enough to make any place...
...monks' day begins at 4 a.m., when bells peal to announce the Vigils, the first of eight daily communal prayer, meditation, Mass and choir sessions--each bathed in tranquil chanting. Besides leading a contemplative life of reading and prayer, the monks cultivate lavender, oranges, wine and bees. They also make and sell a liqueur called Lerina, which some pilgrims use to heighten the spiritual experience...
...Best place to listen: large communal spaces where the assertion of individuality would lead to conflict, and where exits are easily accessible...
...about capitalism. In his long travails, Karol Wojtyla has spoken critically about Western economic arrangements, and it was this theme that caught the opportunistic eye of Gerasimov. Didn't communism, like early Christianity, seek to eliminate poverty? Was not the communist ideal an expression of Christian concern for the communal ownership of property...
...march of progress that we are witnessing, where chain stores will provide a great economic miracle to lift Central Square out of poverty. This is the destruction of a community of people who care about the stores they frequent. These are places that have served as communal gathering points and provided cheap food for the elderly...