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...Gaza Strip village of Dir el-Bel-lah, troops destroyed ten Arab houses in direct reprisal for the murder of a young Jewish settler. On the West Bank, bulldozers leveled the entire town of Jiftlig (prewar pop. 6,000) because it was a suspected staging area for terrorist units...
...Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, dir- of the School of Social Studies at the Buddhist University of Saigon, will speak at Dunster House at 7:45 p.m. today on Determination in Vietnam...
...Pardue's concert was, fortunately, well attended. There are few organists anywhere whom I listen to so willingly; and I hope Harvard realizes how lucky it is to have her services. "In dir ist Freude," Mrs. Pardue...
...undisputed star. Throughout the long evening she demonstrated again her remarkable ability to compel an audience to belief through sheer beauty of tone; from the rage of Act I's Or sal chi I'onore to the tenderness of the second act's Non mi dir, she moved securely and with absolute conviction. Her two great arias stopped the opera cold in two of the most spontaneous ovations of the season...
Bach's cantata No. 133 "Ich Freue Mich in Dir," was performed by the orchestra and a small vocal ensemble. Under Harbison's forceful leadership, the instrumentalists consistently produced a luminous full-bodied tone. A highlight was provided by the sensitive oboe and continuo accompaniment to the contralto's aria; it had the cohesiveness of chamber music at its finest...