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...Christianity. In the 4th century, Paul the Hermit tallied his 300 prayers a day by collecting 300 pebbles and discarding them one at a time. In the 11th century, Countess Godiva of Coventry, the celebrated ecdysiast, bequeathed to a certain statue of the Virgin Mary "the circlet of precious stones which she had threaded on a cord in order that by fingering them one after another she might count her prayers exactly." In the 12th century, the prayer now known as the Hail Mary* came into general use, and the beads began to be associated with the Virgin and take...
...swiveling the whole combustion chamber. Instead, Polarises now at sea use jetavators-movable nozzles inserted in their jet streams to deflect them and thus keep the rocket on course. No one likes jetavators; they are inherently troublesome, and their drag on the fast-moving jet stream soaks up precious thrust power even when they...
...lamb in the field of letters, was unfortunately carried away by a big bad Woolf named Virginia. He still listens with the Bloomsbury ear, speaks in the Bloomsbury accent-broadened by a slight Australian snarl. In Britain, where Woolf's Bloomsbury is still held dear as well as precious, critics say he listens acutely and speaks with distinction. They have greeted all five of his novels (e.g., Voss, The Tree of Man) with little civil cries of educated pleasure. U.S. reviewers have been somewhat less impressed, and this turbid allegory will do little to improve the impression...
...Power at Harvard," Dean Monro last night told the special Student Council Committee on reorganization, lies in a sensible idea, clearly expressed with good manners." But he also emphasized he was "anxious to have the think of politics" in any future Council. We must not get too precious...
...stages in the life of man, liberty has been a rare and precious commodity, but free men of strong will have never complained that the price was too high. Despite the threat of thermonuclear war, the U.S. clearly has a will to survive and succeed (see The People). Despite unemployment and small weaknesses in the economy, the nation has the prosperity to pay for freedom. There can be little doubt that John Fitzgerald Kennedy, if he asks for it, can gather the national riches and focus the national energy and will for the creative work that lies ahead in building...