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Christmas is about generosity, of course, and friendship and family and jolly old Saint Nick. But in its truest, most Christian sense, the holiday is about hope, and hope not in the midst of success and triumph, but hope in the midst of darkness and despair. It offers what has been termed a "sign of contradiction" to the world--a messiah who takes on the form of a weak, helpless infant and who brings light to the dark of the year...
...Lennon was certainly no saint. His personal life did not always match his philosophy and aspirations. When he fell in love with Yoko One - who was truly his soul mate and muse - he treated his first wife rather shabbily. The divorce settlement, while broadly in line with the conventions of the day, was not the act of a generous or gracious man. His laudable devotion to his second son, Sean, was partly in reaction to the guilt of his neglect of his first son, Julian. Though he was just starting to make amends with Julian, his murder took place before...
...Crimson split their weekend series, dropping the game against Saint Lawrence 6-3 before rebounding against Clarkson 3-1. Harvard (5-3-1, 4-2-1 ECAC) currently has nine points in ECAC play, enough to tie the Crimson for first place with rival Cornell...
...years, she headed a theatre group that performed plays written by Portuguese writers at the Saint Anthony's Church. She also ran a program to help children of Portuguese descent learn to read and write Portuguese. She also still spends time fundraising...
...church of jazz," writes Kahn, whose book is much the better of the pair, "Kind of Blue is one of the holy relics." If so, it's a relic with no saint in its provenance. Davis was an angry, hostile man whose distance from his audience grew in proportion to his increasing renown. But in the first half of his career, at least, he managed to sublimate his various rages and resentments via some of the most beautiful creations in American musical history...