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...reach his children, but his gestures end in general embarrassment. Though he loves his wife, he can think of nothing appropriate that might convey that fact except a new car and some shares of Kansas City Power & Light. Determined to retain his dignity, he moves carefully through the sunny meadow of middle-class affluence as through a dangerous minefield...
...Magna Carta in 1215, King John of England threw himself on the floor in a rage, crawling around and biting on a stick like a dog. There were good reasons for such a show of temper. The document imposed on him by rebellious barons and bishops in a meadow called Runnymede was one of the first comprehensive written attempts to limit the powers of the English King and to set forth the rights of his subjects. Lord Bryce, the historian, has described it as "the starting point in the constitutional history of the English race." In The History of English...
...dances that some of her fans had feared might die with the dancer. The opening-night program included the serene Canticle for Innocent Comedians, a work inspired by the poetry of St. Francis of Assisi, and last performed in 1953. There were other old favorites, like the 1946 Dark Meadow and the 1947 Errand into the Maze, both symbol-laden ritualistic works, which give the current programs far more the look of Graham retrospectives than was the case in previous Manhattan appearances. From the looks of it all, Martha Graham, a month short of her 75th birthday, is finally reconciled...
Ebert also said that efforts are being made to find new homes for the tenants to replace the ones that will be destroyed. This is being done through a relocation agency which Assistant Dean Henry C. Meadow, Associate Dean of Medicine For Financial Affairs described as "a benevolent real estate agency" hired to relocate...
...were also laid out. The Health Plan was formally incorporated by Harvard University, and the plan's corporation is loaded with Harvard-linked people. The corporation--which Pollack says will provide only the "broadest overview" of the plan's operation--includes Dr. Ebert, President Pusey, Pollack, and Henry C. Meadow, another associate dean at the Med School...