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That a modern artist should decorate such a 19th century shrine revolted many traditionalists. To them, the cherubs and rosy clouds of Jules-Eugène Lenepveu's academic fresco were perfectly at home in the Second Empire opera house. But one Frenchman disagreed-and he happened to be Minister of Culture André Malraux...
...temple, which was found beneath a recently discovered Roman temple, is thought to have been built during the Fourth Century B.C. It was probably the most important Samaritan shrine until it was destroyed...
...parts of the world. When their own doctors despaired of them, or when they despaired of their doctors, patients traveled to the little prairie town and there awaited the word of Mayo's medical sages with the same faith and assurance that the ancients carried to the shrine of the oracle at Delphi. Even today, when the U.S. has at least a dozen similar medical centers capable of giving equally competent care, the mystique of "Mayo's" persists...
...into a squat, silent (except for a few rumbles) salesman who has become an unbelievable success by indulging its customers' penchant for convenience, impulse buying and gadgetry. The salesman is the ubiquitous vending machine, before which Americans stoop, bow and jingle coins as if it were a roadside shrine. The machines usually come through, too, and with less fist-pounding than ever before. Some 4,500,000 of them-or one for every 43 Americans -now dispense everything from gum to gardenias to greeting cards at the drop of a coin...
...been so weakened by bombardment and the ravages of time that it needed renovation at once, and the Moslem nations set about raising $2,000,000 for the job. Last week Jordan's King Hussein, 28, surrounded by Moslem and Christian representatives from Arab nations, reopened the shrine, restored as nearly as possible to the way it was during the Middle Ages...