Word: moravians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MANY historic, religious and economic reasons, Winston-Salem differs from other Southern cities. Moravian German influences are as heavy as the Southern Baptists.' Industrial giants far outnumber heirs of plantation owners. The town has factories and warehouses but it also has museums and concert halls. Joe Grady is a mild aberration there...
...preconceptions--and biases--about the South. But it shattered more. I met tax-revolters and tobacco farmers at the Grange Hall (to their delight, I parked my car and stepped out into a ditch), textile heirs at the Hyatt House and "spirit-filled" Christians at weekend barbecues. I baked Moravian sugar cakes and giggled through a meal in a restaurant that sandwiched its Virginia ham between slices of kosherrye...
DIED. Kurt Gödel, 71, Moravian-born professor at the Institute for Advanced Study (1953-76) who was regarded as one of the world's leading logicians; of heart disease; in Princeton, N.J. Formulated in 1931, Gödel's Theorem became a cornerstone of 20th century mathematics and philosophy. By demonstrating that there is no way to set up a mathematical system that will prove all statements within that system, the theory reaffirmed the creative aspect of mathematics: it implied that a computer could never be programmed to answer all mathematical questions, that human ingenuity rather...
European cities with similar problems have tried for years to build water systems powered by horses, paddle wheels or even windmills, but they have usually proved inadequate. Boston and Philadelphia still depend on a random collection of pumps and wells, and only the small Moravian settlement of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, can boast an efficient system, which pumps spring water to a hilltop reservoir and then uses gravity to pipe it down through the town...
...MORAVIAN COLLEGE...