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RENAISSANCE MUSIC is a beautiful remnant of a lost world. There may be no progress in the arts, but there is motion, and we have moved almost hopelessly far from the moment of rebirth. To communicate that distant vision to modern listeners is a difficult task, but the Glee Club under F. John Adams has made Renaissance music their specialty, and last Saturday they reawakened it for an audience in St. Paul's Church...
Lowell still has a high table in its dining room and though it is a remnant of older, more elitist days, approximately twice a month a group of seniors, House associates and faculty get together for dinner apart from the rest of the House. No longer exclusive, the tradition nonetheless remains...
...doubt they're very sexy." Agrees California Beauty Salon Entrepreneur Aida Grey: "A bald-headed man is very exciting." About eight months ago, in fact, Grey became aware of the new trend (particularly, she notes, among attorneys) and developed a special wax treatment that removes any remnant fringe...
...conservationists consider the wolf extremely vulnerable to human pressures (e.g., killing for fur). I do not believe that President Ford would purposely exploit a threatened species; however, the example he has set by accepting and wearing a coat made from wolf fur is extremely harmful to the remnant of the population of wolves in Alaska. We have requested that the President make a public statement denouncing the exploitation of wildlife for the sake of luxury items...
Significant progress is also being made in Asia, where women have traditionally had low status. In Japan, a fast-growing feminist movement and a sex-blind college-admissions policy are propelling women into politics and business at high levels. In China, sex discrimination is officially considered a reactionary remnant. Though Mao's wife Chiang Ching is the only woman among the 20 regular members of the Politburo, Peking's highest ruling body, a more impressive 40 women belong to the 309-member Central Committee of the Communist Party...