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...known variously as "the Ayatullah," "St. Jane" and "Attila the Nun," a reference to the six months she once spent in a Berkeley, Calif., convent. As those sour nicknames show, the rise of Jane Cahill Pfeiffer, 46, chairman of NBC, has produced a predictable mix of envy, admiration, fear and resentment, laced with a dollop of old-fashioned male chauvinism...
...Dialogues of the Carmelites, April 28. Poulenc's intellectual treatment of this story of a French convent martyred during the French Revolution has received a simple, stark, and thoroughly convincing presentation from the Met for three years now. Regine Crespin's age has taken the lusciousness out of her voice, but her insight and style are perfect for the role of the Old Prioress. Maria Ewing in the lead and Betsy Norden as Sister Constance both shine with youth and youthful voices. The Met in Boston reports that Carmelites isn't selling well, so it's probably your best chance...
...Convent as Catalyst for Autonomy: 17th Century Spanish Nuns--Electa Arenal, assistant professor of Romance Languages, College of Staten Island, Agassiz House...
Kerslake, posing as a family solicitor, has a triple assignment: informing Sarah of her post-convent financial affairs, reporting on her current affaire with Farley and tracking down, on the privy instruction of the sinister Lord Bellmaster, any records that might be damaging to his ambitious lordship (he expects to be named Ambassador to Washington...
...important on papal visits, and John Paul's first stopover was the Dominican Republic, the island where the Catholic evangelization of Latin America began. Here the first missionaries to the Americas recited Mass in 1494 during Columbus' second voyage, and here were built the first cathedral and convent in the Western Hemisphere. At the airport, the white-clad Pontiff knelt to kiss the ground. Unexpectedly, four U.S. Cardinals were there to greet him. After a motorcade he celebrated Mass at the main square of Santo Domingo for a crowd of 300,000 or more...