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Submerged in Documents. Although he knew that it would be criticized, Pope Paul was clearly unprepared for the gale of protest aroused by the encyclical. In a mid-week audience at Castel Gandolfo, his summer residence, Paul told an audience of pilgrims something of the personal agony that had accompanied his decision. "Never before," he said, "have we felt the load of our duty. We have studied, read, discussed as much as we could. And we have also prayed a lot. How many times have we had the impression of being almost submerged by this heap of documents? How many...
...addition there is the psychic strain that flows from neglecting one's assigned work. The feeling of guilt that plagues one for going to see a movie in mid-week is real--but, perversely, not real enough to force one back to one's books. In short you get the worst of both worlds...
...After a mid-week shake-up with the third Varsity, the reseated JV (Bow, Phil Tonks; No. 2 A1 Keith; No. 3 Bill Endicott; No. 4 Fred Fisher; No. 5 Tom Hodges; No. 6 Bob Baker; No. 7 Vidar Jorgenson; Stroke, Garrett Olmstead; Cox, Bill Terranova) jumped off the line to a quick one-length lead...
...train, will offer the service again next summer. Most railroads are experimenting with fare cuts to boost traffic, especially at off-peak hours. C. & O.-B. & O. cuts its fares 31% on "red circle days" (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday), when travel is light; the Pennsy has cut-rate mid-week Philadelphia-New York Ladies' Day Specials. Only a few trains offer such attractions, however, and the railroads' revenues and profits from passengers are still declining...
...Exeter game," Getchell confessed, "was far from our best. But any mid-week game during hour exam time I'm happy just...