Word: belief
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...teachers, weak Christians and nonobservant Jews, make a show of teaching virtue and righteous self-restraint, but their shifty eyes and hollow voices betray their lack of belief. They are paid to say these things, by the city of New Prospect and the state of New Jersey. They lack true faith; they are not on the Straight Path; they are unclean. Ahmad and the two thousand other students can see them scuttling after school into their cars on the crackling, trash-speckled parking lot like pale crabs or dark ones restored to their shells, and they are men and women...
...Haunted by the belief that many other jumpers who didn't survive may have had the same regret, Hines has joined with the Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California, families of victims, and a small group of politicians to make a renewed push to make it harder to jump over the 4-ft. railing that separates the bridge's pedestrian walkway from the water below. As part of the Art Deco structure's 69th anniversary celebration, the coalition has organized a bell-ringing across the city Wednesday afternoon in memory of all those who have died jumping from the bridge...
...uninitiated, proper tequila is the liquor of the blue agave plant, which, contrary to popular belief, is not a cactus but a lily (and strictly speaking, spirits made from other kinds of agave are not tequila at all, but mezcal). Much like whiskey or wine, tequila has its own system of classifications. Tequila that has been aged for two months is known as reposado; if it spends more than a year in the barrel, it's classified as a?ejo. The other popular designation?gold?refers to tequila that is flavored with caramel. One of the hottest new brands...
...sheer number of changes and what can happen from beginning to end shows you that you can’t expect anything,” Medioli said. “Everything’s changed. We’ve got to go in with the excitement and the belief that we’re going to race really well and really hard.”The Crimson varsity primed itself for Sprints with two dominant open-water wins over Navy and Penn and then Northeastern to close out the dual season. And the Harvard second varsity enters the weekend with...
...premium tequila jumped by a total of over 50% in 2003 and 2004 - a trend some attribute to increased acceptance of, and appreciation for, Hispanic and Mexican cultures among Stateside consumers. For the uninitiated, proper tequila is the liquor of the blue agave plant, which, contrary to popular belief, is not a cactus but a lily (and strictly speaking, spirits made from other kinds of agave are not tequila at all, but mezcal). Much like whiskey or wine, tequila has its own system of classifications. Tequila that has been aged for two months is known as reposado; if it spends...