Word: asceticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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At that point, a family approached and asked for tickets to a free vegetarian feast to be hosted by the Krishna community. The ascetic gave the tickets gladly, smiling at the family as it strolled away. He observed how obvious it was that he had just dealt with humans and...
If transcendental meditation is indeed an effective substitute for drugs and alcohol, it could easily be taught to addicts. Unlike true yoga, it requires neither an ascetic life-style nor time-consuming preparations. Four one-hour lessons are enough to teach subjects the basic techniques-and lessons are becoming readily...
When Congress reassembles next month for its postvacation session, New York Republican Seymour Halpern plans to introduce a bill providing for the reissuance of the $2 bill, which was discontinued in 1965. Thomas Jefferson's face used to adorn the bill, but Halpern will propose substituting the stern, ascetic...
Such reasoning is reflected in the camp's somber, ascetic routines. Director Russ Kelner, 30, a bearded, hard-nosed Philadelphia high school teacher, is running the camp with militaristic verve. Reveille is sounded at 6 a.m. Karate training is conducted from 6:15 to 7:30. After breakfast, because...
The Op-Ed format was first popularized by Editor Herbert Bayard Swope on the Pulitzers' old New York World in the early 1920s. It is now used by many U.S. papers, which usually fill it with syndicated columns. At the Times, that particular page had for decades been the...