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...Almighty, everlasting God, I, John McLaughlin . . . moved with a desire of serving You, vow before the most sacred Virgin Mary, and the whole court of heaven, to Your divine majesty, perpetual poverty, chastity and obedience in the Society of Jesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Presidential Priest | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...some humorous things. For example, there would be a fund-raising dinner, and he hired Wayne the Wizard to fly in from the Virgin Islands to perform a magic show. He sent invitations to all the black diplomats and sent limousines out to have them picked up and they hadn't been invited. He had 400 pizzas sent to another--P. Sure! what the hell! Pranks! Tuck did all those things in 1960, and all the rest...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: Blah, Blah, Blah | 5/9/1974 | See Source »

...hired Wayne the Wizard to fly in from the Virgin Islands to perform a magic show. He sent invitations to all the black diplomats and sent limousines out to have them picked up, and they all showed up and they hadn't been invited..." Which clears up the mystery of what happened to The Wizard of Oz when the balloon burst. 8 at Dunster House; there's a review on page 2, I believe...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: THE STAGE | 5/2/1974 | See Source »

...back room of Gioia's Corner Market and begins rolling out 5,000 ravioli for sale hi the front room. Each evening, Ida Galli switches on the spotlight hi her front yard-not to scare away burglars, but to illuminate a 3-ft.-high statue of the Blessed Virgin. It is all part of the pleasant, unhurried flavor of life today on the Hill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: St. Louis: Pride on the Hill | 4/29/1974 | See Source »

...areas of intense commercial development is yielding some of the largest inflation fortunes. Prime examples: land located along the proposed route of Atlanta's rapid transit system and near the mammoth Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. A Dallas real estate group recently sold for $45,000 a parcel of virgin land that it had bought only two months earlier for a mere $6,000. To a lesser extent, inflation also benefits the typical owner of a mortgaged home. Since the value of the dollars used to repay the debt is lessening, the mortgage is, in effect, becoming cheaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Some Winners from Inflation | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

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