Word: latinizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...once the residence of Mussolini. Slippery, moss-covered steps lead into an airy passageway lined with crude burial slots -probably designed for poorer Jews -about 1 ft. deep, 2 ft. wide and varying in length for children and adults. Both catacombs feature memorial stones carved with Greek or Latin inscriptions (Hebrew was apparently reserved for religious rites). Reads one: "Here lies Pe-gaianos, the scribe and lover of the Law." Both catacombs are relatively well preserved, "thanks to the Vatican," says Rabbi Toaff. And thanks to the Jewish custom of not burying precious objects with the dead. Knowing that fact...
...Soviet Union? A Latin American dictatorship? Not this time. The unpleasant scenario is being played out on the sandy plains and flat farm land of eastern North Carolina. Nine young black men and a white woman were convicted 41/2 years ago of fire-bombing a grocery store during racial disorders in the troubled river port of Wilmington. They were sentenced to terms totaling 282 years in prison. Last week, amid charges of perjury and coercion on both sides, the Wilmington Ten were back in a state courtroom, attempting to have the verdict overturned...
...scene one night at Manhattan's Régine's, she was spotted by Nina Ricci representatives. They excitedly hired Photographer Francesco Scavullo to capture Andréa's face for the new fragrance Farouche (meaning both "fierce" and "shy" in French). "I'm very Latin and very fierce, and a little shy," says Andréa. But, claims Nina Ricci President Robert Rieci, what captivated the company was her "interesting soul." Burbles he: "She is one of those women who have a secret splendor in their hearts...
...gitanos strumming away in the background. "Revelations" unveils still another Carlos Santana, a Carlos who has lent an attentive ear to the mournful strains of the great blues guitarists like B.B. King and Muddy Waters. This eleven-song album thus delivers much more than just another helping of Chicano-Latin rock...
Glen W. Bowersock '57, Professor of Greek and Latin, said yesterday the Classics faculty awards the prize to meritorious seniors who want to study either classical philology or classical archaeology abroad...