Word: steps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Committee, comprised of about 20 students, considers the present protest an initial step toward creating a "democratically structured, intellectually viable community at B.U. in which students will play an important role...
President Pusey announced the step this week, but noted that the House was still some years away. "The earliest we could possibly get it would be the Fall of 1966, or more likely, 1967," he said...
...Step Pyramid itself is a monument to Imhotep. It was built as the tomb of Pharaoh Zoser, who reigned about 2980 B.C., but Imhotep was its architect. And because it is the oldest stone pyramid, the Egyptians have credited Imhotep with inventing the art of building with cut stone. He was also Zoser's prime minister, a magician, sage, proverb maker, and patron of the scribes who ran the Egyptian bureaucracy. Century by century through Egypt's long history his reputation grew. During the Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 B.C.), when Greeks ruled Egypt, he was identified with Asclepius...
Healing Ibises. The most magnificent of these shrines, or Asclepieions, was somewhere near the Step Pyramid. It was especially holy because the body of the healer himself was believed to be buried near by. The pilgrims who came to Saqqara sacrificed ibises, which were sacred to Imhotep. Their carcasses were mummified and tucked away underground so that their souls would journey to the god and ask his healing favor. The shrine was deserted many centuries ago, and desert storms erased all surface traces of it. Not until Emery broke into its catacombs did anyone know what had become...
...Somehow (how in the world did it happen?) Johnson has been cast-perhaps has cast himself-in the role of the Great Prestidigitator, the Miracle Worker. Step up and watch him, Ladies and Gentlemen. See how nimble, see how quick. Watch the incredible performance of this master . . . And because it is a performance we watch, with fascination, with admiration, in the end perhaps with acceptance tinged with boredom. Such a man can carry votes with him; he cannot lift our hearts nor stir, our brain...