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...January 6, approximately 30 felt-tip pen-armed students decorated the walls of a third-floor--hallway with colorful depictions of such unusual creatures as ants, mushrooms, a zebra, Oscar the Grouch, an octopus, God, and resident tutor Thomas I. Barkin...
Among these are Catholic liberals and an outspoken band of disillusioned Opus dropouts. Some detractors refer to the secretive organization as "the Holy Mafia," or "Octopus Dei." One prominent seceder, Oxford Researcher John Roche, has collected 1,500 case histories of disenchanted Opus members that he hopes to present to John Paul this year. Says Roche: "He may see Opus Dei as a counterpoise to the left in the church, but I don't think he has any idea of what is going...
...other, the dancers seem to create curves like molded clay while posing in angular, geometric forms. Although Carmina Burana is definitely a lusty, almost carnal piece about the bodies and desires of human beings, many of the steps and movements imitate non-living forms, from a flower to an octopus flinging its tentacles out in many directions...
...student government right now is like an octopus," said Steven N. Barnett, vice president of Dartmouth's Undergraduate Council, when describing the problems with the present system. "It has so many branches," he explained, citing the half dozen councils and committees which represent various factions of the student body. Since the delegates to the campus-wide government are elected at large, he added, they don't know who voted for them and feel responsible to no particular constituency...
Arriving at some U.S. toy counters in time for Christmas, WallWalker put fun into a lot of kids' stockings and profits into Hakuta's account. The toy, called Tako (for octopus) in Japan, costs about 20? to make. Hakuta buys them for 30? to 35? each, packages and airfreights them to the U.S., pays the import duty (12.3%) and sells to wholesalers or retail stores for between 70? and 80?. Thus he averages a 40? profit on each toy. So far, Hakuta has spent nothing on advertising or promotion. "It just goes to show...