Word: latinizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...periods of interest which are not strictly contemporary. Only too frequently knowledge of the contemporary is quite a bore, and it offers very limited perspective. I should like to take in hand one of those bitter critics of modern Academia. Maybe I could get him interested in Vulgar Latin and Old Irish. He might change his mind and that would do harm to the sale of his bitter books...
Thorns in the Side. Both brothers long been thorns in the sides of religious superiors. In 1965 Dan was briefly banished to Latin America for helping to organize an antiwar group called Clergy Concerned About Viet Nam, and earlier this year undertook an unauthorized trip to Hanoi. In 1963, Philip was transferred from the New Orleans area largely because of his militant stand on civil rights, later was dismissed from a teaching post at Epiphany College in Newburgh N.Y., because of his strong antiwar stand. In opposing the Viet Nam wa, the brothers have openly violated...
...student revolt spread out of the Latin Quarter and gathered supporters across the country, Prendergast called for reinforcements. London Correspondent Keith Johnson made it to Paris as fast as he could-via Brussels and a poky rented Volkswagen. He began his new beat with a ten-mile hike with worker demonstrators. His day's outing ended in the Latin Quarter, where, along with Paris Correspondent Roger Stone, he dodged police clubs and flying cobblestones. "I always said Paris was a great city to walk in," said Johnson, "but this is ridiculous...
...billion defense budget was getting a discouraging reception from tribal magicians elsewhere in the Senate, notably Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. But the Fulbright spell was still the most potent. In his criticism, he singled out studies seemingly remote from conventional soldiering. Why, for example, was the Defense Department studying Latin American students? Foster stuck to his brief, explaining that offbeat information was required because the U.S. might have to become involved in the unlikeliest places...
...Greco (see color pages). It not only represents the pick of the Prado, but also includes paintings from other Spanish museums. The exhibit is designed to tie in with the fair's theme, "The Confluence of Civilizations," by demonstrating that Spanish culture is itself a confluence of influences: Latin, Visigoth and Moorish. Even more pertinent is a 1767 map showing the New World's Spanish dominions, with San Antonio de Béjar clearly marked...