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...committee headed by Krister Stendahl, dean of the Divinity School, recommends that the University demonstrate its support for third-world religion by appointing the Rev. Sun Myung Moon to be preacher to the University. The report also recommends shortening Passover to one day to be celebrated on Easter Sunday...
...pursuit and killing of real rabbits. These bloody sessions, called coursings, are still run publicly in Abilene, Kans., every year. In Florida, however, they will be banned for training or public racing at the end of this year. The reason: one bloodthirsty promoter put live white rabbits-Easter bunnies-on his track last year to bring in fans...
More people than usual will be spending Christmas at home this year. The shortage of gasoline compounded by the unavailability of airplane flights will drastically reduce visits to friends and relatives. Not having to support freeloading cousin Joes during the holidays may save families enough money to take that Easter vacation they have always wanted. If used correctly, the energy shortage may prove to be a boon in disguise...
AFTER SUFFERING through several exasperatingly mild winters, New England skiers may be heartened to learn that Mother Nature has boldly predicted a return to the traditional Nor'easter style for this year: The wooly caterpillar, whose razor thin rings have so accurately forecasted the balmy winters which have plagued New England in the early seventies, checked in this fall with the largest and thickest rings in memory. Northeastern chipmunks and other small furry creatures are reported to have grown especially thick coats in preparation for this winter. And Clark's Trained Bears in Lincoln, N.H. has said that...
...case, the closer his writing gets to personal experience the more distant and nebulous and disturbingly superficial he seems to become. His depiction of a multi-media Easter celebration that he and others organized and held at the Boston Tea Party reads as though it were poured from a Waring Blender. It is not that Cox is slick or simple-minded. But rather, "bearing witness" or simply telling one's story does not come as easily or simply as Cox would like to believe...