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...Faith of our fathers, living still," sang a weary, anxious, deeply troubled Jimmy Carter, "in spite of dungeon, fire and sword. . ." And when it came time for the choir to respond with the eloquent verses of Psalm 130, the President sat, head bowed, in his front-row pew at the National Cathedral and listened intently to the ancient words of hope in a time of trouble: "Out of the depths have I cried to you, O Lord, hear my prayer...
Directly beneath the altar, in the parking garage press room, at least ten people are making use of the hundred-odd typewriters laid out on row after row of tables. The press struggles to cover the event, their efforts hampered because the press area is in the bleachers of the papal ballfield. The radio and TV people fight to get their equipment working; photographers jockey for front-row seats, but with most of the press corps aboard the bus following the papal motorcade, the major topic of conversation among scribes stranded at the Common is why the ladies delegated...
...depending on the act. You came to Boston for cultural diversity, but didn't expect to pay for it, eh? Well, if you can't swing it, save up or go Dutch. Where else can you get a first-rate concert for under $5 and a front-row seat besides? Passim is definitely one of those places that make Cambridge better than New Haven...
...wake of his frail predecessor, the youngest Pope chosen since 1846. The last under-60 Pope, Pius IX, reigned for 32 years. At age 58, Wojtyla is robust and muscular (he was described in the national daily The Australian as "a man built like a rugby front-row forward"), and it thus seemed possible that he could lead his faith into the 21st century. Plainly, the Cardinals had opted for a long pontificate. Just as plainly, they had chosen a man of extraordinary qualities and experience. A newspaper in Lima, Peru, greeted Wojtyla's election with the headline LABORER POET...
...diploma, and enrolled last week at Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown University, where she plans to major in French and squeeze in classes in Islam, Egyptian art and philosophy. Drama is out, she says, because "I took it 40 years of my life." At registration, she was presented with front-row seats to school basketball games-and a book of freebie burger coupons...