Word: jannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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ORSON WELLES CINEMA. Cinema 1, Forbidden Planet, thru Jan. 13, 4, 7:30, 11:05, The Time Machine, 5:45, 9:15. The Bed-Sitting Room. Jan. 14, 16, 4 7:20, 10:45. Escape From the Planet of the Apes, 5:35, 9. Cinema 11. The Third Man, thru Jan. 13, plus People Soup...
...extraordinary episode in which, within the space of 40 days, the world moved from a sense of peace at last at hand, to the most brutal U.S. bombing of the war, to Washington's declaration late last week that the secret Paris peace talks would begin again on Jan. 8. Through Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren, President Nixon announced that he was halting the massive aerial punishment of North Viet Nam as suddenly-and with as little public explanation-as he had started it two weeks before. His spokesman said only that Nixon was acting because "it was clear...
...true that caning and cold baths serve to develop moral character, as any old-school guardsman would attest, then the English character may decline to an almost Mediterranean level. As of Jan. 1, corporal punishment is being banned in London's 620 state primary schools (the equivalent of public elementary schools in the U.S.), which have about 174,000 students aged five to 15. The ban does not apply to the city's secondary schools, private and church-supported schools, or to those outside London, but educators in these institutions will be watching closely to judge the effects...
...first millennium drew to an end, many believers thought that they were on the brink of the seventh day of Creation, and trembled in expectation of the Second Coming. German and Flemish painters of the 15th century turned eschatology, the study of "last things," into high art, epitomized by Jan Van Eyck's Last Judgment. The 19th century was rife with Second Coming excitements: one movement, the Millerites, eventually became the Seventh-Day Adventists. The "Millennial Dawn" group expected the end in 1914; they are now the Jehovah's Witnesses...
...election will be held at 2 p.m., Jan. 8 in the lower level conference room of University Hall. All candidates should submit position papers to Dean Whitlock's office immediately. For more information, contact Phil Gelston...