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...DIED. MURIEL SPARK, 88, British author of poetry, short stories and more than 20 novels whose elegantly spare, often satirical writing explored morality and perceptions of truth; in Florence, Italy. A Foreign Office propagandist during World War II, Spark converted to Catholicism in 1954 and credited her faith for "inner stability which enables me to write better." Her best-known novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), about an eccentric, Mussolini-worshipping teacher at a girls' school, was based on Spark's Edinburgh school days. Maggie Smith won an Oscar for playing the title role in the 1969 film...
DIED. Muriel Spark, 88, British author of poetry, short stories and more than 20 novels whose elegantly spare, often satirical writing explored morality and perceptions of truth; in Florence, Italy. A Foreign Office propagandist during World War II, Spark converted to Catholicism in 1954 and credited her faith for "inner stability which enables me to write better." Her best-known novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), about an eccentric, Mussolini-worshipping teacher at a girls' school, was based on Spark's Edinburgh school days. Maggie Smith won an Oscar for playing the title role in the 1969 film...
...demonstrably not one of Opus' vows. It has a reputation for cultivating the rich or those soon to be, at both élite colleges and its own institutions. (In Latin America many in the church feel that Opus priests served once ascendant oligarchs over the masses.) Even in the inner city, Opus is unabashedly less interested in identifying with the poor than turning them into the middle class. Bohlin jokingly distinguishes his members from "some Franciscans with holes in their shoes, driving a crummy car because of their sense of the spirit of poverty...
...thirds were visitors, some "meeting the Work" for the first time. While they sat, eyes closed, an Opus member intoned questions for them to ponder. "Do I realize that Christian life means finding and following Christ closely, no matter what the cost?" he asked: "Am I waging a generous inner struggle?" "Do I find in my work many opportunities for small sacrifices?" "Do I restrain my curiosity...
...first time ever, swimmers at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) had to fear sharks in the pool last night. Over 50 students bobbed on bright yellow “Water Country” inner tubes and lounged in poolside seating for a 7 p.m. showing of “Jaws” at the MAC pool. A even larger crowd attended the 10 p.m. screening. The MAC advertised the “MAC Attack” as “one of the year’s most dramatic events.” For $5, students purchased grandstand...