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...Thursday the Boston Globe citinganonymous sources, offered its own version ofevents. The Globe called Green's departure a"resignation" prompted by the provost'sexasperation "with futile efforts to unify theschools and colleges, bring together competingdeans and tame the bureaucracy." The paper did notprovide details of any specific problems insidethe central administration...
...yesterday the Boston Globe, citinganonymous sources, offered its own version ofevents. The Globe called Green's departure a"resignation" prompted by the provost'sexasperation "with futile efforts to unify theschools and colleges, bring together competingdeans and tame the bureaucracy." The paper did notprovide details of any specific problem inside thecentral administration...
...from one fault to another, in the process gathering enough power to push up a 6- ft.-high ridge of rock. Should the Elysian Park system, which snakes beneath downtown Los Angeles and the Hollywood hills, let loose with similar force, it would make last week's monster seem tame...
Glancing around the gift shops, one might imagine that their role is purely decorative. Holiday angels are luscious creatures, plump and dimpled, all ruffled and improvised. In their tame placidity they bear no relation to the fearsome creatures in the Bible and the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke and Wallace Stevens. Jehovah's angels are powerful creatures; in Genesis they guard the east gates of Eden with flashing swords; in Ezekiel they overpower the prophet with awesome visions, four-headed, multiwinged and many eyed; in Revelation they do battle with a dragon. Milton describes the "flaming Seraph, fearless, though alone...
...cause for some alarm. Ministers see in the literature the makings of a New Age cult, an easy, undemanding religious faith that may also represent a rejection of mainstream church life. "When you don't believe in God, you believe in every god that comes along -- a tame, domesticated one with a small g," says Malcolm Warford, president of Bangor Theological Seminary. "When you trade mystery for security, you end up with a trivialization...