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Much of what fills the file relates in some way to religion. However, the bulk of that mail is in coherent Two letters outlining societal do's and don't's are signed by Jesus Christ and the Messiah respectively The latter correspondent prophesies that on the Monday following the Resurrection. Millicent Fenwick will become President and Alan Alda will become the Secretary of Radio...
WHAT WAS IT ABOUT JAMES DEAN that enabled him to attract the cult-like, fanatical worship of thousands of teenage American girls from Hollywood to the drought-ridden town of McCarthy, Texas? What was it about these teenagers in the 1950s that made them treat Dean like a second messiah before and after his tragic death on September 30, 1955? And what was it about our society that prevented some of these teenagers from developing into mature, emotionally secure adults...
Until the seizures, Clark, a 61-year-old retired dentist from Des Moines, Wash., had been making an impressive recovery. He joked with nurses, listened to tapes of music brought by his family (a favorite: Handel's Messiah sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir), and had even begun doing light exercises, sitting on the edge of his bed and swinging his legs for five-minute stretches...
Dunster and Mather Houses, coming out for tradition, will host their annual sing-in December 15, presenting the single piece most consistently associated with the Christmas season: Handel's Messiah. It's often forgotten that this glorious oratorio was composed at an entirely unseasonal time of year, and traces the whole life of Christ, not just the Nativity. But who cares--all those baroque flourishes suggest nothing if not Christmas trees, and the chorus praising, "God, who doth make Intercession for us" is as mercifully timely as ever. A Week of Music Back Society Orchestra: Sanders Theatre Saturday 12/11...
...birth of a child is symbolic of artistic creation and goes on as long as Man is able to create Man's spirit always wishes to give birth to works of art." Bach's "Christmas Cantata." Handel's Messiah, Corelli's "Christmas Concerto," and Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" are among the works of music that were inspired by the holiday...