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Back in the days before World War II, Harvard's burgeoning collection of rare books and manuscripts overflowed the confines of Widener's so-called Treasure Room, and began to encroach on the rest of the library's second floor. The University appropriated some of the then-vacant land to the east of Widener and, shortly before Pearl Harbor cut off the the supply of building materials, Houghton Library was opened. Today it houses one of the finest collections of its kind in the world...
...tonic, by raising once again the religious question in all its jagged complexity: like Bergman's knight, one finds it equally hard to believe and not to want to believe, as he sees the church's agents light the faggots round the stake, and the smoke disappearing into the vacant interstellar spaces beyond...
...China the government chairmanship has been vacant since Mao Tse-tung stepped down in December (while hanging on to his all-powerful chairmanship of the party). In the rumor mills of Hong Kong the favored candidate to succeed him is Soong Ching-ling (Madame Sun Yat-sen), 68-year-old widow of the founder of the Chinese Republic, and sister of Madame Chiang Kaishek. Though not a member of the Communist Party, Madame Soong has often been trotted out to endorse Red policies. Long regarded by many an overseas Chinese as a cultured, sincere woman, she is both admired...
...Bishop do not carry with them the hierarchical authority of a Roman Catholic archbishop (a nonexistent title in the Episcopal Church). Bishop Lichtenberger will serve as chief spokesman for 3,274,867 Episcopalians in the U.S. and abroad, will have jurisdiction over U.S. Episcopal churches in Europe and any vacant missionary districts, will preside over the House of Bishops, and will serve as president of his church's National Council...
FIRST INDUSTRIAL PARK sponsored by City of New York is planned for 100 largely vacant acres in Brooklyn's Flatlands. City intends to condemn the land (assessed value: $2,725,000), sell it to industrial developers, figures it can attract $20 million worth of industrial building and 3,000 jobs...