Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thomas M. Reardon, director of development, said yesterday he was not sure what Dillon would speak about. "Twenty-five years ago he spoke here about how he views Harvard, its impact on our society, and that impact on the rest of the world, so he might pick up that theme again," he said...
Standing hunched over against the wind as yesterday's matches wound down, Felske spoke about Harvard's hosting the Ivy Championships in April and the Eastern Regionals in May. Amidst chattering teeth he managed a smile and added, "and then there's the nationals...
...they sat in the kitchen a two-year-old boy ran into the room and hopped onto a monk's lap. The boy correctly called the disguised traveler "a lama of Sera," and identified two other members of his party as well. The child, named Tenzin Gyatso, spoke to the lamas in the court dialect of Lhasa, unknown to anyone in his district...
...rest on the recent U.S. recognition of China and the U.S. did not want the sticky question of the status of Tibet to cloud developing Sino-American relations. In this first trip to America, the Dalai Lama said he came to "spread compassion, to teach, and to learn," and spoke in terms of humanity in general, rather than Tibet in particular...
Women's Role. It was during his U.S. visit that John Paul spoke for the first time against the ordination of women as priests. He did not elaborate on his reasons, but pure tradition is one of them. The Catholic Church (like the Eastern Orthodox churches) has never ordained women. Reacting against the decision of some Anglican churches to do so, the Vatican in 1977 issued a decree stating that the policy on women is an act "in fidelity to the example of the Lord." That means in effect that if Jesus had wanted women priests he would have...