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Seven of the eleven student candidates nominated by the stockholders gained positions on the board: Francesta Farmer Ormes '71; Joseph Angland, an M.I.T. senior; James A. Monk, a graduate student at M.I.T.; Harvey C. Dzodin. a student in the Law School Business School joint degree program; James M. Zeigenmeyer. a graduate student at M.I.T.; Richard R. Manning '73, GSAS...
Royal Astrologers. In Thailand, precise times for major events are determined by the royal astrologer. Twenty years ago, a Buddhist monk told Thai Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn that he would serve as Premier three times; he is currently in his third term. Thus when a family astrologer recommended a shift in living quarters to avoid inauspicious influences, Thanom and his family forthwith vacated the official residence for nearly a year...
...often designated to ward off showers. Government employees buy "holy water" from a medium to bring them job promotions. Malaysian Minister of Works Tun V.T. Sambanthan regularly consults Hindu priests to determine the best days to open new facilities. Cambodian Premier Lon Nol is said to have summoned a monk named Mam Prum Moni. Says a member of the National Assembly: "He is the most important man for General...
...lonely, cultured Montreal widow (Monique Leyrac). She divides her attentions between young Russ (Bill Mitchell) and singing in the choir of the nearby Anglican church. Otherwise her thoughts are confined to romantic musings about herself and her relationship with God. They are, that is, until she discovers the Augustinian monk (Donald Sutherland) who temporarily takes over as choir director...
Sutherland tries to achieve a proper balance between ethereal consecration and worldly wisdom. But the latter quality is principally conveyed by such lines as "Look, Ma, I'm human," and "Let's follow the monk and see what it eats." After the boy dies of hockey injuries, Martha and the monk consummate their tormented ardor at the foot of the church altar; the scene comes close to unintentional parody of the old de Sadistic monk-and-choirgirl routine...