Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...business investments in the Middle East, for example, provide him with direct access to Arab heads of state, on whom he may have a moderating influence, since many of Alwaleed's international partners are Jewish and support Israel. "Religion has never been a barrier between us," says Four Seasons Hotels Inc. CEO Isadore Sharp. "He mentioned once that we have similar value systems and moral principles...
...barrier remains: acupuncture springs from a system of faith that scientists find almost incomprehensible. The treatment rests on the Taoist belief that two life forces, yin and yang, combine to produce a vital life energy, called ch'i (or qi), that flows through the body along pathways known as meridians, which were charted thousands of years ago. People get sick when these life forces are knocked out of balance, and the job of the acupuncturists is to nudge ch'i back into equilibrium. They do this by pushing needles through the skin, sometimes several inches into the body, at specific...
...Just the language barrier itself in Japan creates a different atmosphere, but the crowds are always excited. They know your music and love to jump around. They're also really attentive and quiet. As soon as you start to say something, say anything, they're silent. Australia and England, on the other hand, have especially rowdy crowds...
...wanted names. Too late. She was engrossed in a dot-to-dot with our three-year- old. "I'll leave something to you," she said, and the crystal ball went dark. I would only have a few minutes to buy. At 3:30 the market rammed the 550-point barrier that triggers an hour shutdown. But the exchange closes at 4 p.m. Game, set, match...
...well as faith": clerical celibacy, women priests, contraception, and the indissolubility of marriage. He accepts Rome's position on all four, although he is troubled by the reasoning behind the ban on birth control, hopes for a tad more flexibility on remarriage after divorce, and sees no doctrinal barrier to the eventuality of a married priesthood (which exists in the church's Eastern rite...