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...horns taken by the players to Laarne are the direct descendants of the circular trompe de chasse developed in France toward the middle of the 17th century. The present-day horn is a 4.54 meter-long conical brass tube wound three times around and flaring from the mouthpiece to a fat bell. Pitched to the key of C, the horn sounds a plaintive, husky call which on good days may ride the wind for a mile or more...
Even so, the existential attitude is normative for modern Protestantism. "Existentialism describes the human situation," says Tillich, "and as such it is a decisive element in present-day religious thinking and Christian theology...
...Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus-and dramatic excerpts from a pair of vintage Italian films. Sins of Pompeii and Fabiola. In somber contrast to the deluge of volcanic fire and dust that buried the city and its inhabitants, the camera strolled down the empty, cobbled streets of present-day Pompeii and glanced up at the peaceful, picturesque cone of Vesuvius...
During and after his Western tour with the Phillies, Reporter Hillman touched base with other present-day moundsmen and some famed oldtimers to supply Sport Editor Richard Seamon with material for his comparative study of pitching then and now in "The Whole Story of Pitching." Cordially yours...
...Having had the privilege of sitting in for a day on Paul Richer's classes early in the school year, I can feel only pity for the muddleheaded burghers who fired him. Dismal, hopeless mediocrity is the most serious menace to present-day primary and secondary education in America. There is no room in Riceville for originality, no tolerance there of intellectual inquiry. If this sordid phenomenon were limited solely to Riceville, Iowa, Americans would have small cause for worry; unfortunately, it is not. The real reason Paul was dismissed is that his students were beginning to think...