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Since she understands life in the secular realm, Mother Miriam is uneasy about allowing the forces of the outside world entry into the sanctum of her faith. Having consciously created for herself the stronghold of religion, she has pulled up the drawbridge and refuses adamantly to let it down again...

Author: By Deborah K. Holmes, | Title: A Cloistered View | 3/2/1982 | See Source »

...heirarchy with his election as secretary), the Crimson decided to move its office to the brand new Union. There were only two worries, FDR recalled later. "There was much fear expressed that the new quartrers would take away the esprit de corps which had grown up in the old Sanctum, and also that no punch-nights could be held in the Union. Both fears proved groundless...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Roosevelt and The Crimson | 1/29/1982 | See Source »

...news at Sesame Place, though, is in the inner sanctum of the Computer Gallery, where the creators of Sesame Street are perfecting computer software programs that they expect to sell to the general public. Scores of children sit in communion with batteries of special computers. The keyboards are arrayed with numbers, arrows and letters from A to Z in alphabetical order. In the Dial-A-Muppet game, Oscar the Grouch might pop up at command, grumbling encouragement. A science game called Spotlight utilizes a ray of light and two mirrors to illustrate how beams can bounce across space. The player...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Playground for the Brain | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

...years ago bucked the trend. No, the IAB exercise comes in the getting up there, in the journey skyward. Four flights, past the browning (beyond yellowing) photographs of the 20-3 1945 basketball team and the 1934 fencers. Only after that ordeal can one gain access to the sanctum of Harvard hoop...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: IAB Farewell | 3/4/1981 | See Source »

...Sunday night, David Stockman sits alone at a conference table in the cavernous, ornate sanctum of the director of the Office of Management and Budget, poring with total concentration over computer printouts and tables of figures. When a visitor arrives to keep a dinner date, Stockman appears disappointed. "Is it that time already? I need five more minutes." Before the words are out, his gaze has returned to the papers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan's Cutting Edge | 2/16/1981 | See Source »

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