Word: fold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time the Columbia Point campus reaches its full enrollment, several more local private colleges will follow those that have recently had to close their doors. * Silber fears, however, that no significant action will be taken until the possibility becomes real that major insitutions like Northeastern and B.U. could fold. Then, he reasons, the legislature would have to take action because the closings would have "earthquake effects on the local economy...
...Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine was honoring a prodigal son: Episcopalian-born Tennessee Williams, 59. The first recipient of the cathedral's centennial medal acclaiming "the Artist as Prophet," Williams was lauded as "the foremost playwright of our age." But about returning to the fold, a whimsical Williams was equivocal. Born in the shadow of a grandfather who, at the age of 97, was ordained a "High Episcopalian" minister, Williams had allowed himself to be converted to Roman Catholicism during the '60s. "What does it matter, anyhow?" he asked, adding that...
...Nixon Ads. The mood in the more traditionally conservative states in the region is not much different. Many staunch Maine Republicans have left the fold. Says William McKeen, a Brunswick, Me., businessman who is running for the town council: "I voted and campaigned for the guy, but I wish they'd get rid of him now. If there are just seven tapes, then he should have said so long ago." Adds Mrs. Norman Kinney, a Vermont housewife: "Vermont is a strong Republican state. That so many people hate Nixon says something, I think...
...convert Broadway's crap-gamesters, Sky, Nathan, and their cohorts, from a life of sin. Sky, always looking for a wager, boasts that he can "get any doll," whereupon Nathan does a slow take in the direction of Sister Sarah, as she sings a processional hymn, "Follow the Fold." "Oh, no...not that'doll'!" exclaims Sky. Of course, Sky and Sarah eventually fall for each other. Mean-while, Sarah's job is jeopardized by her failure to bring in enough lost souls to the Mission, and the "heat" is on, forcing Nathan and friends to find a safe place...
MISCELLANEOUS FOLD--Considering the sad pickings in mainstream rock this weekend, this is definitely a time to experiment. Tonight, flutist and singer Paul Cole will perform folk music from the revolution (the 1776 revolution, that is) and discuss broadsides from the period at the Boston Center for Adult Education...Breakfast Special, a country music band will play all Sunday afternoon at the First Congregational Church...Those who like slightly soppy, James Tayloresque Nashville music will find a singer after their own hearts in Townes Van Zandt at Passim...