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...Thomson Professor of Government Martin L. Kilson focused on the varying social agendas of Black churches in the 1920s and 30s in his keynote address...
Similar switches have been making life hectic for travel agencies everywhere. Olson-Travelworld Ltd., a large Los Angeles touring company, reports that cancellation rates for tours to Egypt and Israel have risen to 20%, while those for tours to Turkey have risen to 10%. Big British tour operators like Thomson Holidays report the same traveler reluctance: Thomson bookings to Israel, for example, are down 50% from the same period last year. British sun seekers who traditionally flock to beaches in Cyprus or Turkey have also begun shopping around for other roosts. French-owned Club Mediterranee reports that future bookings...
...symphony, with a stop at Goodspeed's, a rare print-and-book shop in the city. There he purchased the 1850s print of the Merrimack River and Concord that hangs above the stereo in his living room. He is an accomplished mimic, doing a wicked imitation of Meldrim Thomson Jr., the archconservative former Governor who named him attorney general...
...Rudman resigned as attorney general and four years later ran for a Senate seat. Thomson reluctantly went along with Rudman's advice to appoint Souter to the job. Over the next two years Souter became involved in several controversial cases, largely at Thomson's behest. In 1978 Souter's staff defended the Governor in a suit to prevent him from lowering the American and state flags over state buildings on Good Friday. In another Thomson crusade, Souter's staff unsuccessfully defended the state's attempts to prosecute residents who for religious reasons covered up the state motto -- "Live Free...
...ALWAYS SAID, PABLO. Frank Galati, winner of two Tony Awards in June as adapter and director of The Grapes of Wrath, performed the same tasks for this dizzyingly beautiful blend of imagery from Picasso's paintings, and poetry and music from the Gertrude Stein-Virgil Thomson Four Saints in Three Acts. Originally staged for the Goodman troupe in Chicago, it plays through July 22 at Washington's Kennedy Center...