Word: restful
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...YEAR 73 A.D. a group of Canaanites held down the last stronghold of resistance against the inevitably victorious legions of Rome. From their desert fortress, the defenders and their families, cognizant of the fact that the rest of their nation had fallen, watched the Roman soldiers encircle them. The situation was hopeless, they decided; even if they fought off this wave of soldiers another would come, and then another--as many as it would take--until the siege snuffed out the defenders. With all this in mind, the defenders of the embattled mountaintop called Masada decided that the only logical...
...Rest In Peace...
Walter Jackson Bate '39, Lowell Professor of the Humanities, is recovering from a stroke he suffered last Tuesday and will be unable to lecture in English 140b, "The Age of Johnson," for the rest of the term. James T. Engell '73, assistant professor of English, who will take over Bate's classes, made the announcement to a stunned class yesterday...
Washington. D.C., is the nation's capital, but its social rituals are a distinct tradition somewhat apart from the rest of American practice. While the nation may be just returning to some formality, Washington never really abandoned it. Says Betty Beale. Washington Star society columnist since 1945: "We've always been a long-evening-dress kind of town." Jimmy Carter is bringing blue jeans and an occasional touch of country to Washington, but the Government and diplomatic corps have never mothballed their dinner jackets. Still, the abrasions of sexual politics are a distinctly new development in high Government circles. Patricia...
...scout new magazine opportunities for the firm and publish Runner (circ. 85,000), a monthly he launched earlier this year for devotees of that very '70s pursuit. Editor Larsen, a former TIME bureau chief and writer, will stay on for a while as Runner's editor. The rest of New Times' mostly young 17-member editorial staff will probably have drifted to other jobs by the time the magazine's last issue hits newsstands Dec. 11. That issue, a collection of articles on a single theme, was planned months before the end was known, but will...