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The cities and Medinas constantly teeming with people during the weekend gave the impression of a world far removed from the fast pace of Cambridge. A visit to Volubilis, the site of ancient Roman ruins and Meknes, an ancient city within the modern world, gave the visitors a sense of...
It has been called the secret disease because the progression is slow, steady and silent. Gradually, over a period of many years, atherosclerosis chokes off the flow of life-sustaining blood. The disease, resulting from the buildup of fibrous material, or plaque, in the arteries, has been killing people for...
It is well after the noon hour in the sprawling urban slum where 22-year-old Mali lives. Clothes hang on a nearby line, and small children play in the dusty path. Squatting on a doorstep, Mali (a pseudonym) lifts her scarred right arm and feels for a usable vein...
That attitude should reassure the Kremlin, for it illustrates that a Soviet youngster can be enthralled with the trappings of Western culture but still retain his deeply nurtured distrust of the U.S. Indeed, the blue jeans and the disco thump probably serve as useful vents for youthful frustrations. The greater...
Viewed as a creative means of familiarizing Americans with Tibetan custom. The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a thought-provoking, often powerful performance which leaves the audience highly intrigued. Yet because it proves so cumber some to imbibe such ritual with the accompanying level of theatricality, the show fails...