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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mass, especially in the ancient form practised by the monks at the Cowley monastery at 980 Memorial Drive, is one of the fundamental esthetic experiences of the western world. Major elements of the liturgy have been performed with little change in churches since New Testament times. The monks are professional worshippers and they perform their ancient roles with grace and impeccable timing. The priest at the altar, the candles, the incense, the mysticism, and the compelling solemnity--or their equivalents--are found in the rites of almost all religions, even the most primitive. They strike a chord deep within...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Island of Tranquility On Memorial Drive: The Anglican Monastery | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...that at present the major expense of administering insulin is the cost of the throw-away syringes. Ruth Hubbard Professor of Biology

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hubbard on DNA | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Violent crime has been fearfully persuasive throughout American history, and particularly in recent times. Between 1960 and 1976, the chance of being the victim of a major violent crime nearly tripled. Over three in every 100 Americans will be a victim this year. The elderly, with good reason, would rather go hungry than go out to the local Finast at night...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Thinking About Crime | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Vice President Walter Mondale suffered a stunning slap in the face in his native state of Minnesota, which has long been considered a liberal stronghold. There, amid the fractious squabbling of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, the G.O.P. scored a major sweep. Despite numerous visits and pep talks by Mondale, despite two trips to the state by the President, the voters turned the Democrats out of the governorship and both Senate seats. In a rueful postmortem, a shellshocked Mondale concluded: "I shouldn't have told them to do it for Hubert Humphrey and me, but to do it for themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Got Your Message | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

After the game, the psychology major can begin to concentrate on applying to business or law school. But first he'll go back to the moose head and over to the Pi Eta to prove that he has earned his antlers.CrimsonJohn DonleySTEVE POTYSMAN...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Steve Potysman | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

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