Word: columbus
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During a question and answer period, Califano,who graduated from Harvard Law School and recentlywrote, "America's Health Care Revolution: WhoLives? Who Dies? Who Pays?", said that he was "notinterested" in running for President. He said thatthe Democratic Party is "in trouble" and jokedthat Columbus must have been "a democrat becausehe traveled on borrowed money, didn't know wherehe was going, and didn't know where he was when hegot there...
...statue of Christopher Columbus, tall atop a rococo column in the spacious Madrid plaza, gazed off toward the New World as more than 750,000 Spaniards gathered in the square and streets and parks around it. Chanted the crowd: "NATO no! Bases...
...subjected to the proton beam. The map, supposedly dating to around 1440, created a sensation when it was revealed in 1965 because it showed part of North America, labeled VINLANDA INSULA. It seemed to be the first cartographic evidence that Europeans had visited the continent before the time of Columbus. In 1974, however, some particles of ink from the map were found to be titanium-based. This meant, experts said, that the ink was of 20th century vintage and the map a fraud. But the Davis team, using their cyclotron technique, proved the ink was carbon based, with titanium present...
...than a Sony of the same size. Says he: "I had no idea it was Korean when I bought it. It's good stuff." Though some consumers are wary of the quality of Korean imports, many others are impressed by the manufacturing standards. Jaclyn Jerabek, a research scientist at Columbus-based Battelle Memorial Institute, owns a Korean-made personal computer. Says she: "I made a good choice. I would go out right now and buy another...
This year, the Knights of Columbus have again erected a nativity scene, which the local Catholic group bought from the city for one dollar after the 1982 creehe crisis. The Knights have placed a dozen seven-foot figurines depicting the birth of Christ on the Cambridge Common...