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...exclaimed William Dean Howells before the centerpiece of Philadelphia's International Exhibition celebrating our nation's 100th birthday. He was inspired to these words by the gigantic 700-ton Corliss steam engine that towered over Machinery Hall. When President Ulysses S. Grant and Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil turned the levers on May 10, 1876, a festive crowd cheered as the engine set in motion a wonderful as sortment of machines- pumping water, combing wool, spinning cotton, tearing hemp, printing newspapers, lithographing wallpaper, sewing cloth, folding envelopes, sawing logs, shaping wood, making shoes - 8,000 machines spread over...
...million concrete and marble basilica is supported by 1,000 subterranean pillars and can hold 20,000 people without a single column obstructing the view of the altar. "Thousands of pilgrims want to get a glimpse of Our Lady's image at the same time," explains its architect, Pedro Ramirez Vazquez...
...Died. Pedro Sanjuán, 89, conductor, composer and founder of the Havana symphony; following a heart attack; in Washington, B.C. Born in Spain, Sanjuán moved to Cuba in the early 1920s. After establishing the Havana Philharmonic, he led it for nine years, then conducted music in the U.S. and Europe, becoming an American citizen in 1947. His compositions, including Castilla and Liturgia Negra, emphasized the African rhythms inherent in Cuban music...
...Bullpen -- Two strong bullpens are led by Manny Sarmiento (2.06 ERA), Rawley Eastwick (2.08) and Pedro Borbon (3.31) for Cincinnati, and Ron Reed (2.46), Tug McGraw (2.51) and Gene Garber (2.81) for Philadelphia. Although McGraw has postseason experience, Eastwick stands out in this bumper crop of firemen to give the Reds a slim edge in the relief department...
...theology at the now defunct Woodstock College and at Fordham University, won the designation Imprimi Potest (it can be printed) for a book strongly attacking the church's views on homosexuality. It had taken two years to win that designation, which is not an endorsement. Jesuit Superior General Pedro Arrupe had delayed publication while McNeill consulted scholars and revised the book to specify ways in which it differs from church teachings...