Word: mount
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...Mount Holyoke, Smith, Vassar, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Barnard, Radcliffe. When the first was founded by a Massachusetts teacher named Mary Lyon in 1837, she called it a "peculiar institution"; it was designed solely for the post-secondary education of women. In the 1920s the colleges banded together as the Seven Sisters, partly to present a united front for fund raising. Elaine Kendall (Mt. Holyoke '49) sees all of them as Peculiar Institutions (Putnam, $8.95). Her "informal history" of the Seven, both affectionate and critical, scans their strange beginnings, early growth and difficult future...
...delegates sought the U.N. debate in order to protest Israeli occupation of the Jordan West Bank and expropriation of Arab land by Jewish religious extremists. Even as the Security Council met, West Bank Arabs continued their protests (TIME, March 29) against Jewish prayers at East Jerusalem's Temple Mount, which is also the site of an Islamic shrine. The resulting angry scurries between Palestinians and Israeli troops also produced casualties: an eleven-year-old Arab boy died after being shot in the head and an older man succumbed from head injuries after being beaten in a protest...
However the voting goes that day, no candidate seems likely to emerge as being on a steamroller. That probably cannot happen at least until April 27 in Pennsylvania, which is shaping up as a pivotal primary. Carter, Jackson and Udall plan to mount major drives in the Keystone State, and all have high expectations. Says Mark Siegel, executive director of the Democratic National Committee: "It's going to be Armageddon...
...pressures will mount on him to withdraw much sooner for the sake of party unity. Said a White House assistant, indelicately: "Even Rommel gave up when his tanks ran out of gas." For fear of antagonizing conservatives whose enthusiasm Ford will need in November, the President's aides have not directly assailed Reagan as a spoiler. Instead, they have encouraged Ford loyalists to speak out. Rogers Morton, who was tapped to succeed Bo Callaway as campaign manager (see story page 19), has asked Texas Senator John Tower, House Minority Leader John Rhodes and Republican Whip Robert Michel to "open...
...riots and other political protests that spread through West Bank cities and towns last week. The initial focus of the Arab discontent was a religious issue: a decision handed down two months ago by a Jerusalem magistrate, Ruth Or, that Jews had a right to pray on the Temple Mount, the site of the ancient Temple of Solomon and hence Judaism's holiest site. It is also the site of Al Aqsa mosque, revered by Moslems as the third most sacred spot in Islam, after Mecca and Medina. Previously, Israel's Chief Rabbinate had forbidden Orthodox Jews even...