Word: creation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most blessed, for here the Ganges meets not only the Yamuna but the Saraswati, a legendary underground river. This spot is known as the Sangam (sacred confluence). Some holy men, moreover, deem the current configuration of the sun, moon and stars to be exactly the same as at the creation of the world, making last Wednesday the holiest day in all of history for bathing at the sacred confluence...
...Festival draws its name from the jar of nectar in the Hindu creation story. The gods had fallen under a curse and had lost their strength. In order to regain it, they had to produce life-giving nectar by churning up oceans of milk. Lacking the energy to do so, they sought the help of their enemies, the demons, and offered them some of the nectar in return. When a jar of miraculous nectar finally appeared, the demons seized it and the gods pursued them. During the cosmic struggle, some drops from the jar of nectar fell at the sacred...
...topic for Social Studies tutorials, in this institution. Harvard is run by a bureaucratic dictatorship, properly fueled and oiled by corporate money, revealing in its internal organization and government its true nature. What is needed is not just momentary attention to the protests over Fox's plan, but the creation of the proper institutional tools to prevent such outrageous attempts to be repeated: complete student and worker participation in all decisions that affect their lives...
...order to prevent the creation of a large and unahppy group of truly second class citizens, every possible attraction of the quad must be preserved...
...cookie; of cancer; in Plymouth, Mass. In 1930 Wakefield and her husband opened an inn in an old tollhouse on the Boston-to-New Bedford road. One day she decided to add chocolate bits cut from a semisweet bar to liven up her mother's cookie recipe. The creation was an instant success. During World War II, millions of tollhouse cookies were shipped to servicemen overseas...