Word: apartness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Save for a symbolic ring which many members wear, there are no outward traits which imply membership in the Baha'i; but that doesn't mean there are not distinguishing features of the faith which set members apart...
...people of Howard Beach, Queens, have always been proud that their neighborhood is set apart, insulated from the rest of New York City. A close- knit community of modest row houses and trim gardens, it is bordered by Jamaica Bay to the south, Spring Creek Park to the west, Kennedy Airport to the east and a highway to the north. Along Cross Bay Boulevard, the community's main artery, clam bars and pizza parlors contend for local business, while above the street sea gulls lazily flap their wings. Most of Howard Beach's inhabitants are Italians, and its older section...
...space vehicle that was supposed to fly crashed to earth, a peace meeting between the world's two leaders that was supposed to fly crashed to earth, a disease took on the look of a plague, a nuclear power plant exploded, a country that keeps blacks and whites apart started coming apart...
...specifically, but I think it was in our minds. We were concerned about the security of the operation. (Poindexter) was concerned about it falling apart and about not being able to follow through and get those other two hostages out and lose the opportunity to develop a relationship with Iran...
...article had been written without White House clearance. Buchanan waited until the middle of the Redskins-Giants game on Sunday before calling Chief of Staff Don Regan's most youthful aide, Thomas Dawson. Instead of allowing Regan's "mice" to read and pick apart the piece, he simply informed Dawson of what it said. White House Aide Dennis Thomas later griped, "It was like notifying somebody that a guy was out of the plane but before he hit the ground. There wasn't much we could...