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...country which permits their establishment. Youths who score poorly on the language exam are sent to countries with relatively simple languages. Harvard students tend to acquit themselves very well and often receive missions in the Far East. Once accepted, prospective missionaries spend two months at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where returned missionaries teach them the language of their assigned country...
DIED. William Primrose, 77, world's foremost viola virtuoso whose sweet, pure tone and musicianship raised the viola to the rank of the violin and cello as a solo instrument; in Provo, Utah. The Glasgow-born Primrose was a violin prodigy before he switched to the larger viola, with which he felt "a sense of oneness that I never felt when playing the violin." A world-touring solo recitalist, he settled in the U.S. in 1937 and became first viola of the NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini. Later known for his performances of chamber music, he also worked with...
...where Julie's death is memorialized by a white cross on a small green. The neighborhood is loud with graffiti: DON'T LET THEM DIE; TOUTS WILL BE SHOT; and in bold white letters across the jerry-built walls, WELCOME TO PROVOLAND. In a sense the Livingstones are a Provo family, since Bernadette's two older brothers, Patrick, 30, and Martin, 24, are serving time in the H block; one of them is up for murder. But Bernadette has her own politics: "I don't support the I.R.A. because I know what death...
...like many young men of his faith, go on a mission. "A lot of people think that the church makes us go, but in fact, it's up to each individual, and I really wanted to do it," Lundberg said last week, "Of course, if you grow up in Provo, where everyone else goes, there is a lot of social pressure...
Even when he does go back to school, Lundberg may not return to Harvard. "I'm not sure it's the place for me," he said. "Last year was very difficult. You could say that coming from Provo to Cambridge was somewhat of a culture shock...