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...idea of a Covenant, now entering its second year, is no longer a novelty but a concept in the midst of change. Rev. Donald Luster of the Charles St. AME Church in Roxbury, a member of the Covenant steering committee, said, "We're in a process of trying to re-evaluate what has already been done and to try to ascertain where there have been some breakdowns. We haven't been going in a fluid motion," he admitted. While some downtown churches have maintained Covenant sponsored dialogues between people of different races, Luster said, "areas such as Dorchester and Roxbury...
...last week, an estimated 31 countries, including Canada, Japan, West Germany, China and Kenya, were heeding the Carter Administration's call for a boycott to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. By the host country's count, 83 nations will participate. The boycott has taken the luster off such men's sports as track, basketball, boxing and gymnastics; the competition in swimming, yachting, field hockey, archery and equestrian events has become almost meaningless. Even so, the countries coming to Moscow won about 70% of the medals handed out in Montreal four years...
...trade in selling everything from gasoline to bacon for a mere 5? or 10? per gal. or lb.-just so long as customers paid in pre-1965 coins, which were still worth many times face value because of their silver content. Even copper went through contortions. It shone, lost luster, then brightened to $1.30 per lb. If copper reaches $1.50, pennies will be worth more than...
...opera about an ex-rodeo star's rebellion against commercial exploitation of him and a nag. Though the picture, which cost $18 million including publicity, grossed $14.25 million in its first twelve days, it has not had nearly the drawing power the studio hoped it would, given the luster of its two stars, Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. United Artists' Being There, which stars Peter Sellers as a gardener who may become President, has opened well in Manhattan and Los Angeles theaters. When it goes into general release in February, it may join the list of hits...
Freshman playmakers Nancy Boutillier and Frenesa Hall, who dazzled during the team's two-game winning streak, lacked any glimmer of luster...