Word: zurich
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...born in Helsingfors, Finland, and received the Ph.D. from the University of Helsingfors in 1930. He has been professor of Mathematics at Harvard since 1946 and earlier taught at Helsingfors and the University of Zurich. Professor Ahlfors is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences and holds an honorary LL.D, from Boston College. He lives with his wife and daughter in Winchester...
...difficult. In 1515, nine years after his ordination, he took a private vow of chastity-which he kept for only a year and a day. But in the casual atmosphere of the Swiss Church, Zwingli's sin was no bar to advancement, and in 1519 the canons of Zurich Minster appointed him preacher of the cathedral; his chief rival for the post was a German priest who admitted to fathering six children...
Revolt of the Sausages. Luther's Reformation began with a protest against the sale of indulgences. The Swiss revolt broke into the open over two sausages: Zwingli attacked the "unscriptural" practice of fasting after some reform-minded friends were denounced to the Zurich magistrates for eating meat during Lent. Later, Zwingli preached against other Roman disciplines-celibacy, the doctrine of purgatory, invocation of saints-on grounds that they are not authorized by the Bible. In 1524 the town council methodically began to put into effect Zwingli's reformation, outlined in his 67 theses. Statues and crucifixes were stripped...
With the zeal of a Savonarola, Zwingli tried to legislate Zurich into a facsimile of God's kingdom on earth. The town council passed stern laws against adultery and fornication and made attendance at Sunday services compulsory. But Zurich was an ideal community only for those who saw things Zwingli's way. Catholics were fined and were forbidden to run for elective offices, and Zwingli approved exile and execution for Anabaptist heretics who wanted a more radical reformation than he allowed...
Political Fears. Since Jan. 1, the Zurich market has plunged more than 10%, the Paris Bourse 20%, the Milan Borsa 35%. West German stocks have dropped 10% in the last ten weeks. Why the decline? In many cases, investors have paid less heed to the bright business picture than to present or prospective problems in politics. Italy's stocks have fallen steadily since the government nationalized electric utilities two years ago. In Britain, fears of nationalization moves in the event of a Labor victory have depressed steel shares. New tax laws have also chipped at stocks. Belgium...