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Supported by an all-volunteer cast of 200, Pir Vilayat narrated from the high cathedral pulpit as the Sufi choir sang themes from various religions and a small orchestra, complete with conch and sitar, emitted a variety of sounds. The sequence of the performance, if not the message, is borrowed from the Christian Eucharist. In each section, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Christians and Moslems are given a turn to express their devotion. As the Mass ends, Pir Vilayat intones: "I am the One I love, there is but One. One in all. All in One." With that, the cast bursts into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mish-Mass | 11/3/1975 | See Source »

Amherst squash conch Ed Serues whose team suffered a 9-0 trouncing from Harvard last Wednesday, claimed after the loss that Penn and Navy are possibly stronger squads which loom to dethrone the nationally top-ranked Crimson later this season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetmen to See Tough Challengers | 12/8/1972 | See Source »

...which the ecology of the earth is irretrieyably disturbed. Little mini-eco-catastrophes have been happening ever since man arrived on the scene. In the South, Pacific collectors, naturalists, and trumpeters on hundreds of islands have been picking up tritons off the coral reefs and beaches to get their conch shells. The tritons cat the starfish which prey on the coral animals that build up the reefs. Because there are now so many people on the earth, they are now picking up enough tritons so that the coral reefs are crumbling. And after a while most of those islands...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: All About the End of the World | 10/1/1969 | See Source »

...possible to happen is by bringing back, from the planets and moons of outer space, viruses we can't defend against. But it will much more likely come from some little flaw we hardly notice in the intricately complex technology of our stranglingly large population. The gathering of conch shells...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: All About the End of the World | 10/1/1969 | See Source »

Gradually, almost imperceptibly, the New Yorker was hypnotizing the crowd. He had the Conch, and he was not to release it. The side discussions broke up, and now everyone was listening to the mobile tactician. Some began asking concerned questions: "What happens when the cops catch us while we're running...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: 'The Man' Can't Keep Up with a Hippie | 7/26/1968 | See Source »

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