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...preparation for the pilgrimage, the male pilgrim must wash his body, shed his everyday dress and wear two pieces of unsewn sheets: one around the waist and the other over the shoulders. The female pilgrim is required to wear a long dress and cover her hair. The pilgrimage is considered the most fortunate moment of one's life, the time when one can travel to the Blessed City asking for God's forgiveness, hoping for complete forgiveness of one's sins and transgressions. Thus men's sheets and women's dresses are usually white, signifying a purer rebirth...

Author: By Sanaa Makhlouf, | Title: A Voyage Devotion | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

...used parking lot into a basketball court: these are the burning issues facing Princeton's Undergraduate Student Government (USG), Richard F. Jacobsen, chairman of the USG, maintains. Jacobsen was elected last October on a platform advocating a change in the USG's focus, from political matters to problems of everyday campus life. Under his leadership, Jacobsen says he hopes the USG will turn its attention toward improving student services and expanding social activities such as concerts...

Author: By Roger M. Klein, | Title: Governing The Ivies | 11/17/1977 | See Source »

...potential undoubtedly is there. Roosevelt's presidency hardly lacked the political conflict and turmoil that gives birth to powerful historical drama. His glib tongue seldom strained to reduce the quirks of everyday life to irresistibly quotable witticisms or the sentiments of his countrymen to stirring rhetoric. Schary's script, however, never allows enough room for the full power of Roosevelt's formidable personality, as portrayed by the ubiquitous Robert Vaughn, to reveal itself. Before a scene can build sufficient dramtic tension, an unsatisfying and petty denouement intrudes. Before the audience can become relaxed with Roosevelt's humorous side, the script...

Author: By Steve Schorr, | Title: No New Deal | 11/3/1977 | See Source »

Prayer in general is an integral part of the Christian's life and can range from the purely material financial requests to vast cosmic thoughts, or simply to praising and thanking God. Crist says prayer and Bible reading are the highest priorities in his everyday life...

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: By the Book: Fundamentalist Christians at Harvard | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

...Everyday, what we're about here is making these kids feel good about themselves. If we don't do that, we're not doing our jobs," November says. "The Center has a very strong commitment to respond to the needs of Boston's inner city communities. If those needs change, the island will change...

Author: By Jonathan D. Ratner, | Title: Hanging Tight on Thomson's Island | 10/20/1977 | See Source »

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