Word: wondering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Christians take 20 minutes twice a day to be still and say "Praise you, Jesus" or "Thank you, Lord," we have peace: "The peace of God which passes all understanding." Unfortunately, most of us are so busy busy busy and wonder where that peace went...
After it was all over, Librettist Giacomo Rossi did not know whether to brag or complain, and so did both. The composer, said Rossi, "scarcely gave me the time to write, and to my great wonder I saw an entire opera put to music by that surprising genius, with the greatest of perfection, in only two weeks." The genius was George Frideric Handel, then 26. The opera was Rinaldo, conceived, composed and staged for London's Haymarket Theater in 1711. Based on an epic about the Crusades by Torquato Tasso, the opera tells the story of the Christian general...
Many restaurants are reluctant to adopt the plan. Their managers wonder if customers really want smaller portions, and are not sure that selling them will raise profits, since they mean a lower average price collected from each diner. But some experts believe the trend toward smaller servings will accelerate. Says James W. McLamore, president of the National Restaurant Association: "An earlier ethic of conspicuous consumption may be giving way to a current ethic of 'conspicuous conservation.' " The doggy bag just...
Although only 25, Frisoli, son of former school Superintendent Frank J. Frisoli '35, has made a vigorous and visible showing in the campaign so far, leading some City Hall analysts to wonder whether he will be able to draw votes away from longtime incumbent Alfred E. Vellucci. His motto, "Restore Integrity in Cambridge Government," is, he claims, an appeal to the instincts of voters who feel that something is "seriously wrong with the city." How well he has read those instincts, though, is something that will emerge in the returns and not in the coining of slogans...
...force a lender to spell out reasons for refusing credit in writing, but permit it to be done orally. If a creditor had to write out reasons for turning down a loan, feminists point out, he would be answerable in court for a flimsy excuse. Some feminists also wonder how vigorously the law will be enforced. Recently, several states have passed fair-credit laws, but, complains Carole De Saram, president of the New York chapter of NOW, "all the banks did was to become a little more sophisticated in turning down credit...