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...liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk, not an indifferentist. Pharisaism, stupidity, and despotism reign not in merchants' houses and prisons alone. I see them in science, in literature, in the younger generation. . . . There is no civilization, no happiness, if the woods fall under the axe, if the climate is harsh and flat, if the people are harsh and flat-the future is terrible...
...target for Apollo's lunar module, which the astronauts have named Aquarius, is an area near the Crater Fra Mauro (named for a 15th century Italian monk-cartographer). Located 110 miles from Apollo's Ocean of Storms landing site, the target area is covered with jagged hills and ridges, some of them hundreds of feet high. There are relatively few level sites in the vicinity, and the landing will require all of Command Pilot Lovell's skill. But the Apollo 13 astronauts-whose motto is Ex Luna, Scientia (From the Moon, Knowledge)-are taking the risk because...
...heart attack; in Paris. A fragile beauty whose wedding to Youssoupoff in 1914 mirrored all the pomp and splendor of the Romanoff empire, Princess Irina was hundreds of miles away on the evening, two years later, when her husband poisoned, shot and bludgeoned to death the Mad Monk. Soon afterward the couple fled to England, where in 1934 Irina made world headlines by winning a $125,000 libel suit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for the film Rasputin and the Empress, which depicted her as having been raped by Rasputin...
...Wherever I called, performances were sold out and scalper's rates left my date and me with enough for a preztel but not for subway tokens back to NYU. The Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein was packed, the Knicks were in town and Madison Square Garden didn't answer. Theolonius Monk was weathering something in Canada. I'd had too many jackhammers that day for the Fillmore East to beckon, and even the movies-well, Zabriskie Point wouldn't open until Monday...
...Demara, now 47, has had previous, if less official roles as Trappist monk and Skid Row evangelist. ··· Country music's Woodward Maurice ("Tex") Ritter (Hillbilly Heaven, Boll Weevil) threw a ten-gallon hat into the ring and announced his designs on the U.S. Senate seat held by Tennessee Democrat Albert Gore. The old cowboy would be no Capitol Hillbilly: he has a degree in political science from the University of Texas and once studied law at Northwestern. As for the campaign, Tex says firmly: "I'll discuss the issues. Of course, I'll always...