Word: cave
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...City of Jerusalem is almost certainly inaccurate. It follows a 14th century grid of the city rather than a 1st century plan, and probably reflects the desire of 14th century merchants along the way to get pilgrims' business. But the hill of Golgotha (a.k.a. Calvary) and Jesus' burial cave, both located by tradition in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher, are a different matter...
...clearly under pressure from the hawks in Beijing to hang tough. Some China analysts have warned that although Jiang may wish the problem would simply go away, the fact that the U.S. leadership has publicly put pressure on Beijing makes it all the more difficult to simply cave in to Washington's demands. And yet, from a U.S. perspective, a new president who has been doing his best to cultivate a tough and resolute image in international affairs is being made to look anxious and uncertain - and he, too, can't afford to project weakness, which probably rules...
...violated academic freedom and constitution law at that time and has never studied what it did, has never apologized," Mrs. Ginger said in an interview. "What happened in the McCarthy period could happen again—there's nothing in this letter that suggests that Harvard would not cave in again as they did before...
...heartstrings: We were going to have to say good-bye to one of those dear sweet people, because strategy dictated that Jerri wouldn't have to really fight for her life until both of them and Nick were in the back of the cave with Alicia. It would still have been a heck of an episode - predictable, maybe, but emotional too, and with a very interesting Colby-Jerri climax only two short weeks away...
...rooting for a quick, V-shaped economic rebound, don't visit the bear cave. "If we're lucky, we'll get a U-shaped recovery," Biggs says, referring to a drawn-out hard landing. And there's a real case for an L-shape, he adds. That's L as in hell, a recession that is just starting and would last 18 months. His main concern is $4 trillion of vaporized stock wealth, which is crushing consumers. Biggs says Fed chief Alan Greenspan blew it; he was too slow to cut rates to stimulate spending and put a floor under...