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Some claim that this will only stir up a controversy that has properly died off the news and editorial pages. But whether the story has actually disappeared or not, it has left the public with a distorted picture of the Harvard student body. And a pronouncement such as the three student groups has prepared, combined with a long list of co-sponsors and signatures, is the most effective way possible to answer this distortion...
...people's hearts in the only way left to majesty, which no longer can stir by bold decisions or amaze by feats of derring-do. He made ordinariness shine. Exhausting himself by faithful performance of the tedious ceremonial rounds, exemplifying in his family life a warm blending of affection and rectitude, he gave his people a standard of conduct to rally to. Winston Churchill, paying a last tribute to his sovereign friend, acclaimed a King "so strong in his devotion to the enduring honor of our country, so self-restrained in his judgments of men and affairs; so uplifted...
...Washington newspapers, Dr. Davies expressed Unitarian disapproval of Billy Graham's oldtime religion. Said he: "Heaven and hell, the description of God, the provision of a supernatural salvation-all these, at best, are mere assertions." He warned his congregation that too much talk of sin is apt to stir up several varieties of "guilt feelings," with lamentable Freudian results...
...appointment was bound to stir up opposition. The Labor Party doesn't want another peer in the government (which means he sits in the House of Lords and cannot be subjected to the sharp questioning of the House of Commons). And many Britons, including War Office men, dislike having a soldier in a job traditionally held by a civilian. It was opposition which would question neither Alexander's character nor his ability...
...born of Greek parents in Alexandropol, Russia in 1872. But Alexandropol was too confining. Young Gurdjieff ranged into Persia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Tibet. On these journeys, Gurdjieff sat at the feet of fakirs, dervishes, "holy men" and temple dancers, sopping up unwritten lore. By 1915 he was creating a minor stir in Moscow with an oriental ballet troupe and proclaiming himself master of a "system" of "esoteric knowledge...