Word: elderly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Blood of the Lamb" suffered in the same way. The piece is a rather heavy parody in which the Elder (Gus Solomons) tries to overcome his lust for a Sister (Miss de Lavallade) who has also aroused a prospective brother (McKayle). As the fetishistic Elder rips layers off the Sister's dress, McKayle staggers before Christ's altar, crying, "He's all aroun'; but Ah cain't see Him." Meanwhile the Deacons implore him to "Take mah han'," jogging their bodies like jerky rock 'n' rollers. In one of his epileptic fits (de rigeur for any prospective member...
...elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it has long seemed incredible to me that a church with so much forward vision in social welfare and higher education can be so backward in its outlook on a segment of the human race that is also supposed to be among our brothers. One of the major tenets of the church is that the Gospel of Jesus Christ (as we understand it) should be taken to every nation and people on earth. My church fails in this despite the lesson it should have learned in its early history...
...Hoover Co. was founded by H. W. Hoover's strong-minded grandfather, who ran a saddle and harness factory in North Canton, Ohio. Despite his comfortable position in saddlery, the elder Hoover foresaw the obsolescence of the horse collar, began experimenting first with horseless-carriage accessories, then with "electric suction sweepers." Vacuum cleaners were by no means new; the first U.S. suction cleaner had been patented in 1869, and seven other models were on the market when the Hoover family began. But the Hoover Co. added an agitation bar to beat the dust out of rugs, leading...
Appointed earlier this Fall by Dean Ford, the committee was first requested by the Masters late last Spring. The group, which is chaired by J. Petersen Elder, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, will probably emphasize the practical problems created by the present application procedures...
Reportedly, however, the committee will restrict itself to these practical particulars and not attempt any broader investigation of the Houses themselves. One Faculty member, nevertheless, expressed the hope that Elder's group would eventually connect its present investigation with a re-evaluation of the House system itself...