Word: lord
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...winner's other great advantage was his reassuring lack of charisma. As he puts it, "I'm just an ordinary guy who believes in the Lord and trusts in him for support." The son of a laborer, Blaize was born on Grenada's sister island of Carriacou and moved to Grenada in 1930 to attend secondary school. A bicycle accident two years after graduation left him briefly paralyzed; as a result he suffers from degenerative arthritis and walks with the aid of a cane...
...after the imposition of Communism in Poland, "society is paralyzed with terror and people are worn out by hopelessness." As the subdued crowd joined in reciting prayers and singing patriotic hymns, two youths climbed the church's iron fence to put up a new banner. The message: O LORD, FORGIVE THEM. But as Jaruzelski knows, it will take more than sincere words to make national reconciliation a reality in Poland...
DIED. George Howard, 64, Lord of Henderskelfe, sartorially flamboyant chairman from 1980 to 1983 of the British Broadcasting Corporation and squire of Castle Howard, his magnificent ancestral home, known to millions as the setting for the series Brideshead Revisited; of a heart attack; at Castle Howard, in Coneysthorpe, Yorkshire...
...could feel the Harvard literati of today being overwhelmed with bored amusement at the sweet, old man. But it was he who really knew the poems and the poet. We were the silly fools who discussed a poem, written by a Jesuit priest and dedicated "to Christ Our Lord," as though it were written as an exercise in sprung rhythm and falcon imagery. To quote Porter University Professor W.J. Bate, it was we who were "unaware of the legacy of thought and the inheritance of idealism that had so long given literature its massive centrality and human relevance...
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS and specific numbers do stand out rather readily, almost too readily-- a pointed indication that the group dynamic simply isn't there. Frettra Miller as Jesus leads a stirring "Save the People," while Ann Henry adds power and fullness to a vibrant "Bless the Lord." Ty Warren is notable among the singers, as is freshman Steve Lyne whose lead in "We Beseech Thee," where the cast finally does come together, makes the song one of the strongest numbers in the show. Nick Weir, Margery Trumble, and senior David Schanzer (appearing in his first Harvard production) deserve kudos...