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...finally appeared in person to begin a four-month, 21-city "Day of Hope" tour of the U.S. His goal: nothing less than the unification of all mankind. His credentials: though Moon himself never quite claims the title, his followers believe him to be the "Lord of the Second Advent"-the Second Coming of Christ...
...committing adultery with an archangel, who thereby became Satan. According to Moon, Jesus was supposed to be a second Adam, creating the perfect family. His crucifixion, before he had a chance to marry, redeemed mankind spiritually, but not physically-a task left over for the Lord of the Second Advent. In Moon's divine account books, there is also a law of restitution that requires an "indemnity" of suffering, especially from the Jews because they rejected Jesus...
...nothing else, Five Lives is valuable as a snapshot of what Harvard life was like in the late sixties, before the advent of political activism. Harvard was more a confirmation of the past than a confrontation with the future. Now that the fires of politics are banked, this may again be true...
...With the advent of mass higher education, a bachelor's degree is not worth what it once was--it has lost its scarcity value. Even the Harvard A.B. is not the magic carpet to success and fortune that some people once thought it was. Nowadays it certainly isn't the sure-fire ticket into a law or medical school--which it once really...
RADCLIFFE COLLEGE has gone through some changes recently. Some people think the advent of co-residential living and the non-merger merger arrangement means that Radcliffe has been submerged as a separate institution. Are they right? Robin Freedberg has some answers on page...