Word: elders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...April, Elder Statesman Benjamin Franklin advised a friend: "Nothing seems wanting but that 'general consent.' The novelty of the thing [independence] deters some, the doubts of success, others, the vain hope of reconciliation, many. But our enemies take continually every proper measure to remove these obstacles, and their endeavors are attended with success, since every day furnishes us with new causes of increasing enmity, and new reasons for wishing an eternal separation...
...nearly a decade, Admiral Howe, now 50 and three years the elder of the pair, has voted in Parliament against coercive measures toward the Colonies. Eighteen months ago, he met Benjamin Franklin, who, while serving as a colonial envoy in Britain, had begun playing chess with Howe's sprightly widowed sister Caroline, 54. Admiral Howe soon started consulting Franklin in an attempt to work out compromise peace proposals. He also unsuccessfully sought permission from Lord North's ministry to lead a peace delegation to the Colonies himself...
Both Howes, moreover, have had attachments for many years on this side of the Atlantic. Their elder brother George, one of the few British generals who was popular in the Colonies, was killed fighting near Ticonderoga in 1758 during the French and Indian War. (The colony of Massachusetts even raised £250 to erect the monument to him that now stands in Westminster Abbey...
...Much Help. The bishop's elder son, James A. Pike Jr., committed suicide at 20, apparently in unhappiness at being a homosexual. Stringfellow and Towne state: "Jim Jr. did talk with his father on at least one occasion ... about his fears that he might be homosexual. Bishop Pike would later feel that he hadn't been much help." They report that Pike himself had had one "homosexual experience while he was a lonely law student at Yale ... He hadn't found the experience unpleasant or distasteful. 'It was just that nothing seemed to fit together...
According to Kirchner, to really perform well, the very best must work very hard--"to the bone, to the point of almost suicide." The Chamber Players live and breathe music about 10 to 12 hours a day, split between rehearsal and practice time. In general, one "elder" plays in each ensemble to provide musical guidance for the younger musicians, but Kirchner stresses that young and old interact with "real equality" throughout the intensive program. "We criticize each other," he says. "It's part of growing up in music...