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That is until it came to paying for the project. Approximately 200,000 "Covenant kits" including copies of the statement and olive branch lapel buttons were distributed to churches, temples, and community centers throughout the Boston area. In spite of donated materials and labor, Rodman said, the Covenant committee was some $40,000 in debt as of January 1980. "Then they started turning to the churches they hadn't paid much attention to," he said. The Episcopal Diocese did contribute $5000 to the effort, "but not without protest," Rodman said. (Although he did not disclose the extent of the debt...
...lecturer, talking about such things as UFOs (he debunked them) and the idea of extraterrestrial life (he promoted it). He was divorced from Lynn (after two children, Dorian, now 21, and Jeremy, 19) and married to Linda Salzman, an artist. His career appeared to be taking off. But in spite of his professional flair, Harvard never offered him tenure. So, in 1968, when Cornell University beckoned with an offer to set up a laboratory of planetary studies, he promptly accepted it and moved to rural Ithaca...
...Africa's current liberalization. "A society in the midst of change is at its most vulnerable," she notes. "The intellectual elite are expressing themselves daily in favor of profound political and economic change," she says, adding, "But of course, this has elicited a reaction from the conservative wing." In spite of questionable popular approval, the Nationalist government has legalized full African participation in trade unions. However, last August, Johannesburg officials arrested and deported 1200 African municipal workers striking for union privileges authorized in the reform...
...impressive offensive effort came in spite of the on-again-off-again rain, which slowed down the attack of both teams throughout the game. Only several stellar saves by the Big Red goalie kept the score from expanding...
Such trails helped Reeves in Superman, where he managed to be somewhat charming in spite of himself. Forced to do more than stand in front of fabulous sets, though, Reeves becomes a positive embarrassment. The man can smile but he cannot act. A director must go wild: "Now you're mad, right, look mad. Good. You're frustrated. Now, crumple up that paper. Pick up the phone. Put it down." He seems hopelessly, pitifully, out of place. He's so big. He's so pretty. He's so dumb. Christopher Reeves works better as a still life...