Word: jam
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perhaps it is part of the current fashion of nostalgia, but when Assumption Church on the West Side of Chicago celebrates its one Mass in Latin every Sunday, worshipers jam in from as far away as Wisconsin. Many young couples come to Assumption to marry, specifically requesting a Nuptial Mass in Latin. The majority of Catholics may or may not prefer the vernacular as a more vital medium. But it is clear that some harbor a suspicion that modernity is overrated and favor Latin phrases as dark and cool and articulate as cathedral stones...
...baseball celebrated his 22nd birthday, then returned to the Oakland Alameda Stadium to win No. 20. As usual, the organist played Rhapsody in Blue, and as usual, Vida got off to a slow start by loading the bases in the first inning. He pitched his way out of that jam, found his groove, and went on to blank the Chicago White Sox 1-0. When he squeaked to No. 21 last week by defeating the Boston Red Sox 5-3 in extra innings, a near capacity crowd of 32,858 showed up in Fenway Park despite tornado alerts...
...team reported, "like the morning after a nuclear attack." In Dacca, where soldiers set sections of the Old City ablaze with flamethrowers and then machine-gunned thousands as they tried to escape the cordon of fire, nearly 25 blocks have been bulldozed clear, leaving open areas set incongruously amid jam-packed slums. For the benefit of foreign visitors, the army has patched up many shell holes in the walls of Dacca University, where hundreds of students were killed. But many signs remain. The tank-blasted Rajabagh Police Barracks, where nearly 1,000 surrounded Bengali cops fought to the last...
...sightseers also got a firsthand look at another part of hallowed Harvard-the traffic in the Square. The ever-informative Phil launched into a lengthy oration about the jam we got tied up in. "Now this traffic is unusually heavy," he began. "It has been heavy from time to time, but more so today than usual. You'll find that this is a bad time to go through Harvard Square. . . ." But we finally got going again, and Phil directed our attention to "Holyoke Student Center." We learned about Harvard Square, particularly its various shops, and then, since it needed...
Shortstop Jesse Banda followed with another double to score McNurlen, then Brayton pitched himself out of the jam...