Word: alma
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...Bergman's film, Johan Borg (Max von Sydow) and his companion of seven years Alma (Liv Ullman) have retreated from exuberant society to a remote island off the coast of Sweden. Johan pretends a lurid affair drove him here years ago, but his diary, the centerpiece of the tale, reveals that his passion was never required. Already descending through a gate of illusion into utter madness, Johan finally snaps when Alma discovers his secret...
...candidates for Radcliffe class marshal were equally enthusiastic about the chance to serve their alma mater...
According to country law, whenever a new sheriff takes office, he must re-deputize all of the special officers, such as university police. The occasion has given Bailey an opportunity to strengthen his ties to his alma matter and catch up with some old friends at the HUPD...
...Willie Keeler and Whitey Ford cut their professional teeth; winds back down south toward Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where Joe McCarthy managed his first team; meets up with the West Branch, which flows past Williams port, the birthplace of Little League Baseball, and Lewisburg, home of Chris ty Mathewson's alma mater, Bucknell University; bisects Harrisburg, where Hall of Fame pitcher Vic Willis got his start; rushes past York, which once knew Brooks Robinson as a second baseman; crosses the border into Maryland and--at long last--enters the Chesapeake Bay at Havre de Grace, which happens to be the birthplace...
...tussles over human rights, weapons sales, nuclear proliferation, Tibet, copyright violations and China's failed bid to join the World Trade Organization, which the U.S. opposed. On May 22 came a seismic jolt: the Clinton Administration gave permission to Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to visit his American alma mater, Cornell University. China was stunned. The U.S. does not recognize Taiwan as an independent country, and the Chinese perceived the O.K. for Lee's visit as a step in that direction...