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...others, Vahanian is a sociologist of religion and a cultural historian with a primary interest in analyzing man's perception of God. He argues that God, if there is one, is known to man only in terms of man's own culture, and thus is basically an idol: "Theologically speaking, any concept of God can only be an approximation," he says. "Only God can have a concept about...
...whole generation is being sacrificed!" complains Critic Paul Goodman, who is the current idol of campus rebels. "The schools have become a universal trap" in which "there is so much sitting in a box facing front, manipulating symbols at the direction of distant administrators." Yes, concedes Caltech President Lee A. DuBridge, "We are in trouble-deep trouble." But, he adds, it is not the fault of the schools. "We are expecting too much of our schools and too fast." Emphatically no, declares Admiral Hyman Rickover, the foremost gadfly in the groves of academe. "We have the slowest-moving school system...
...stage name Buster Keys) in a cocktail lounge in Wausau, Wis. His father, a French-horn player once in the Sousa band, thought that Wladziu might be better suited to undertaking.* But Liberace thought of himself as a prodigy, dropped his first two names in imitation of his idol, Paderewski, and within 14 years matched the Polish master in one respect: they are the only pianists in the world who have filled Manhattan's Madison Square Garden...
Divorced. By Nancy Sinatra, 25, Frankie's daughter, fledgling singer and cinemactress (For Those Who Think Young): Thomas Adrian Sands, 27, former teen idol; on uncontested grounds of cruelty (he didn't want a family); after five years of marriage; in Santa Monica...
...Rush is excellent and shows Rush at his most versatile. It includes "If Your Man gets Busted;" "When She Wants Good Loving," from the flip side of "Idol with the Golden Head" by the Coasters, a of "The the invariably request John," another...