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Catapult Balls. Letters flew between Malraux and Defferre. Finally in early August, Malraux ordered work halted for a month-and the archaeologists began digging. They unearthed remnants of towers, lower ramparts, parts of a pier, inner walls, a sewer network and a central flagstone street. Buried within the fortifications, which are at least 460 ft. by 130 ft., were catapult balls of apparently Roman origin, along with building blocks bearing Greek monograms and pottery fragments, including one that dates from the 5th century B.C. Said Euzennat, who believes the find as important as the ruins of Carthage: "You have...
...year in the U.S. are worthless guesses, said the Population Council's Dr. Christopher Tietze. He also scoffed at estimates of 10,000 deaths annually from illegal abortions, suggesting there might be 500 and possibly 1,000, but no more. Even the lower figure gives a far higher death rate than that from legal abortions in Europe and Japan, he noted...
...shockers in store for future Darmstadt sessions. "For centuries we have dealt with intervals of pitch," he said, "but what about similar intervals, or proportions, of rhythm, volume, timbre and other musical elements? We talk about an octave, which means the higher note has twice the vibrations of the lower, but what about an octave in volume, one level being double the other? Or a fourth of rhythm, or a major seventh of timbre...
...Charles Taylor, former executive director of the American Association of Theological Schools, the committee found a striking lack of quality in Episcopal candidates for the priesthood. Roughly 43% of the 1,042 students at the church's eleven accredited seminaries had college averages of C+ or lower; more than half had come to theology after having tried some other way of life. The quality of the seminaries them selves was also inadequate. The report found that students are overloaded with a bewildering patchwork of courses, and develop little sense of community with fellow seminarians. Most find chapel so boring...
...passing Jew." A woman carries chicken feet and feathers in her purse. A man shaves his leg with an electric razor. A hand without an owner fingers its way across the room. Throughout, Bunuel continues his career-long attack on church and stately. One woman sneers, "I think the lower classes are less sensitive to pain." Another begs for a washable rubber madonna from Lourdes...