Word: yom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...student politics. He still asserts that Harvard's educational-existential problems-and not R. O. T. C.-were the real cause of last spring's restlessness. Like Ford, May dealt with the Moratorium as an act of conscience instead of a political tactic. "The analogy I would use is Yom Kippur," he said. If the conscience of people in the community moves them not to take part in the University on a particular day, the Faculty ought to respect their conscientious beliefs." But May will not guarantee deference when the University itself is under protest. "The analogy with the strike...
Mendelsohn took exception to Ford's letter-which he viewed as comparing the moratorium to Yom Kippur-and said, "the analogy is not one to Yom Kippur...
Dean May expressed yesterday some reservation about the Moratorium. "The analogy I would use is Yom Kippur," he said. "There are people in the community whose conscience moves them not to take part in the University on a particular day. The Faculty ought to respect the conscientious beliefs of those who want to observe that day. I must confess being a little uneasy about the form of the Moratorium because it involves a suspension of the educational process...
...often during the months before their birthdays and most frequently during the three months afterward. Turning to cities that have kept precise death records, he discovered that between 1875 and 1915 the death rate in Budapest, which had a large population of Jews, declined markedly during the month before Yom Kippur, the high holy day of atonement; the pre-Yom Kippur "death dip" also occurred during the years 1921-1965 in New York City, which also has a big Jewish population. In the dramatically expectant weeks before every U.S. election between 1904 and 1964, the nationwide death rate showed...
...Series. For McLain, the contest was over quickly; uncharacteristically erratic, he walked three batters, gave up three hits and three runs, and retired to the showers after five innings. "I wish I were Jewish," he said glumly, reflecting on the fact that the game was being played on Yom Kippur. "Then I wouldn't have had to pitch today." Religion might have helped Denny. Nothing could have helped Detroit...