Word: joyful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week's Essay by Senior Writer Stefan Kanfer, tells some of the reasons why. "White Roots: Looking for Great-Grandpa" in the Living section tells how to do it-with specific instructions for the beginner. Its author, Senior Writer Michael Demarest, believes passionately in what he calls the "joy of genealogy." But then, to trace the 14 generations of his American ancestry, he has only to drop by the New York Public Library to read two volumes on The Demarest Family, a project first published in 1938 and financed in part by his grandfather. Or he can cross...
...Joy Kahlenberg '78, chairman of the Fellows subcommittee of the Institute's student advisory committee, said yesterday that a student on the subcommittee had heard that McCarthy wrote poetry and had received a prize. The subcommittee suggested a poetry reading to McCarthy, who was surprised, but agreed to the idea...
...lovers. John Moulson, a member of East Berlin's Komische Oper, sang the wizard with an uncommonly sweet and powerful tenor. From Pittsburgh Soprano Marianna Christos, in the minor role of a slave girl, came the most exciting singing of the evening. Here is a voice with joy and heartbreak...
...conversion process looks harmless on the surface. Joy '78-2 said that she was approached by a woman on the street, and they struck up a conversation. The woman was very friendly, andinvited her to the church's Beacon St. headquarters in Boston for dinner. "I had no idea that it (the church) was Moon. In fact, I remember saying to this woman that I had heard that there were Moonies around, and I was so glad I had not been approached by them. She did not really say much of anything. Anyway, when we got there we heard...
...well-known authority on the psychological aspects of religious conversion, said last week that the power of the Unification Church's conversion process is "so very, very great...it is frightening." He explained that the first step for the proselytizers is to gain access to their potential converts. In Joy's case, as in a large percentage of cases, this happens on the street. Clark said that Church members tend to concentrate on airports, bus stations, or student unions. They want to contact people who are in transition, who are unsure of themselves...