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Opus Dei (the Work of God) might also be called Octopus Dei. Most of its lay members are professional men who pledge to strengthen their Christian lives by improving the world around them. They accomplish this in part by appointing fellow members to key government and commercial posts. Opus Dei adherents are known to control almost all of Spain's banking and a large share of its communications media. "They have the frying pan by the handle and the handle as well," runs a Spanish expression, meaning that members have both power and the will...
...return of linebacker Gary Farneti will strengthen the defense, but the Crimson will be facing a ground threat superior to any it has been confronted with this fall. And even if Harvard can stop the Indians' running game, it will still have to contend with the Big Green air attack, led by quarterbacks Jim Chasey and Bill Koenig...
...trying to attract the city's blue-collar workers by hinting that he will oppose right-to-work laws if they will yield slightly to black demands. A former state secretary of labor and industry, the moderate Tabor promises to switch millions of dollars from patronage jobs to strengthen the police department. "If that is a law-and-order campaign," says Tabor...
...problem of course, is that without power over student life- all of which lies with the Faculty and administration- student organizations serve little purpose. Hanify wants Fainsod's group to continue operating for several months to find ways to strengthen existing student government groups. He sees the HUC, HRPC, and revised SFAC forming a new student senate with direct access to the Faculty docket...
John V. Monro 35, former Dean of the College, writing in the October 27 issue of The Nation magazine said that ways must be found to strengthen the black colleges and suggested that one of these ways might be for black and white colleges to work together...