Word: fall
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...always seemed puzzling how the essentially pessimistic theology of Puritanism could become the underpinning of a buoyant, almost recklessly optimistic civilization. Part of the answer lies in the fact that the Puritan ethos not only posits the fall of man, it also implies the existence of an Elect of God. America has presumed itself to be God's chosen remnant, to the point where it very nearly subscribes to the anthropocentric heresy of Pelagius, the 5th century Christian ascetic who argued that man could gain salvation without divine grace by his efforts alone. Put in secular terms, the Pelagianism...
Introduced in 1965 by Socialist Deputy Loris Fortuna, the bill at first seemed likely to die in committee-as had ten previous divorce measures. By last July, however, the bill had won wide support. Then-time out for a government crisis. When the debate resumed this fall, 100 Christian Democratic Deputies filibustered against the bill. Replying to their protests, Sponsor Fortuna said: "Even now it is possible to break up a family by buying a fiscal stamp for 400 lire [66?]-the price of an application for a legal separation." Outside Parliament, demonstrators waved banners reading "Even Viet...
...Harvard can ignore the statisties and put together a superb team effort, Goliath might fall to David again...
...third type of communal action is the Subway Festival to be held Thursday, December 17. It is being organized by the group of Harvard students who arranged the first two festivals earlier this fall. Both of them were highly successful: small groups of students, some in makeup and costumes, transformed the subway cars from moving tombs to places of joy, music, and togetherness. No kidding...
URBANOLOGISTS are an optimistic breed. The most recent endeavor of Daniel P. Moynihan. Presidential Advisor on Urban Alfairs, is to outline in ten points what he hopes can become the first national urban policy. The initial draft ("Toward a National Urban Policy") appeared in the fall issue of Public Interest and a second will appear in book form this spring. These ten points quickly collapse into three major recommendations: to relocate slumdwellers, to reorganize the political and fiscal bases of local government, and to encourage more national decision-making in the federal government...