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...June Dickson-Wright, 33, daughter of British Surgeon Arthur Dickson-Wright; on grounds of incompatibility; after eleven years of marriage, one child; in Juarez, Mexico. Died. Shirley Jackson, 45, master of seance fiction, author of The Lottery, chilling tale of a 20th century New England village's annual rite of human sacrifice, and dozens more stories and novels (Hangsaman, We Have Always Lived in the Castle) so horrific that it always surprised readers to learn that all this came from a contented wife and good-humored mother of four who could with equal facility poke gentle...
...subdued but Commencement is still one of New England's grandest spectaculars. What passes for traditional academic pomp mingled with joyous celebration is just as much kindergarten as college: once a year, now for the 314th time, the boys of Harvard are playing a game they call a festive rite, a game interrupted in three centuries only by a smallpox epidemic...
...first half of the program, the Choir sang part of the liturgy of the Byzantine Rite. The second part was devoted to Lenten and Easter hymns...
...commission that he welcomed with great enthusiasm. An Australian who now lives in London, Nolan is known for his brooding canvases, his translucent colors, and his figures of man, often puzzled but always dignified. A ballet buff for years, he designed the sets for Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring at London's Covent Garden. He is a convinced Nureyev fan, has been observing the dancer since 1962. In London he once watched from the balcony for a week while Nureyev was rehearsing for Romeo and Juliet, a ballet that Nolan sees as "a ritual description...
...about 1966? Inevitably, the post-Kennedy desire for continuity and stability will fade to some extent. Education costs will continue to rise, and new taxes will be necessary in many states--notably Massachusetts and New York. Already, Governors are grappling with hostile legislatures in what has become an annual rite of spring...