Word: landings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like the preparation, the papal visit had an earthy, homespun touch more gentle than the frenzy in the East. The Pope stopped first at the tiny (15 pews) St. Patrick's Church, nestled in rolling farm land near Gumming. "Feel grateful to God for the blessings he gives you," said the Pope, "not least the blessing of belonging to this rural parish community ... May the simplicity of your life-style and the closeness of your community be the fertile ground for a growing commitment to Jesus
...base is much like a small American town plunked onto a tropical is land. Its 14 Little League teams play every day during the baseball season. The Gitmo Swingers get together every Thursday for a square dance. Six outdoor theaters show films nightly; they are old, but free. There are a daily tabloid newspaper, three radio stations and a TV station that broadcasts taped network shows - days after they are seen on the mainland. Viewers watch football games of which they already know the outcome. The fishing is great: grouper, snapper and snook. So are the scuba diving and sailing...
Gold is not the only game in town. From fine art and oriental carpets to housing in the suburbs and vacation land in the sticks, Americans in record numbers are doing something that they have never done before- bailing out of their own national currency and dashing for inflation hedges wherever they can find them. Like generations of inflation-scarred Europeans, they are parking more and more of their wealth in investments that do not necessarily pay interest but at least prom ise to preserve value in the face of exploding prices...
...lone hope is that Harvard will redeem the weekend with a win. Bob Blackman, a longtime Dartmouth coach, now in his second year with Cornell, should be made to repent for staying so long in Hanover's fraternity land. And Joe Restic could use a break. (Oh, sorry Joe. I didn't mean a break in a quarterback...
...library/museum was to be adjacent ot the Institute, as planners insisted, the site across the river was just too small. Officials realized that only the MBTA property was large enough to house the complex. Several discussions and millions of dollars later, the Commonwealth had purchased the land from the transit authority--and donated it to the federal government in President Kennedy's honor...