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...minutes, after which his invitees went on for three more years. John died after the first session of the Second Vatican Council, but his ideal of the church's aggiornamento, or updating, flowered in unforeseen ways. By the council's end, the bishops turned the priest toward his flock during Mass and allowed its celebration in local languages, concluded it was not the Jews who killed Jesus, and in 16 hotly debated documents wrestled an all-too-medieval institution toward modernity. The wrestling goes on. But on that first afternoon, John talked of the council's "beginning to rise...
...Bedouin do not have many riches, and sheep and camel herds account for what they do have. Even by Bedouin standards the people I saw are impoverished. Of the hundred family groupings we passed by, I did not see one flock of sheep with more than 20 animals, and even those small flocks usually had six shepherds watching over them...
While their peers flock to more popular south American spots like Cancun, the 25 members of The Harvard Association Cultivating Inter-American Democracy (HACIA) will spend this Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Guatemala City running a mock Organization of the American States (OAS) conference...
Despite the dearth of diversity, however, the tourists still flock to this Cambridge by the bus-load. Every morning as I walk to lectures, I sigh with nostalgia as I stop and wait for eager tourists to take pictures with their six different digital cameras and camcorders. At these moments, it’s just like being back in Harvard Yard again...
...team’s appearance is further altered from last season courtesy of a flock of talented freshman. The rookie ranks have swelled in the offseason, bringing in what Walsh calls “one of the best recruiting classes in my time here.” Although the starting nine will undoubtedly fluctuate from game to game as Walsh tests out the newcomers in various roles, expect to see freshman filling the infield, outfield and bullpen...