Word: mems
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...country's political sidelines. Because Nicaragua's constitution bars him from immediately succeeding himself to a second five-year term as President, So moza last spring relinquished power for 2½ years to a three-man junta. Though the junta is headed by a compliant mem ber of the Conservative opposition, it is in fact controlled by its two Somoza loyalists, both members of his Liberal Party. They would keep the general's place warm until 1974, when he was to come down from the bleachers and run for another five-year presidential term...
...care and talent brought to Mem Church music is a pleasure to see and hear. Important details such as providing text translations are attended to. As is common with church music, the performers remained uncredited in the usual sense--no names appeared on the program. John Ferris's conducting style is tremendously musical and convincing without unnecessary theatrics...
...crowd of 150 stood in the rain or the steps of Mem Church to hear speeches by Wald, Rabbi Ben Zion Gold of Hillel House, and Chayin Spivakovaky, a Russian Jew imprisoned by the Soviet government for six years...
...choir was admirable for its good diction, pitch, and attack. The sopranos handled the difficult syncopations at the end of the first piece with precision. It seemed unlikely for the quality of Mem Church music to rise still higher after last year's triumphant Schuetz festival; but last Sunday's premiere was commendable for its technique and still more so for its presentation of contemporary choral material, a musical genre so often maligned or ignored...
...section for Expository Writing set the tone for our new life in this competitive environment. We had learned our first Harvard lesson at registration--"Be Early"--so we rose at the sound of the roosters to be sure we were placed in the Expos sections we wanted. Arriving at Mem Hall at 6:34 a.m., we were understandably surprised to find two guys from the Yard who had already been there for half an hour. Although we would have been first in line except for the long walk from Radcliffe, we magnanimously shared our breakfast of muffins and milk with...