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...Jews for Jesus and was on the verge of intermarriage. Jungreis personally guided me to discover the Jewish way of life so that I left the Jews for Jesus, canceled my planned intermarriage, and embraced the Jewish religion. She has kindled a passion for meaningful Jewish living in many dormant Jewish souls...
Mount Rainier, a dormant volcano about 55 miles north of Mount St. Helens, is a favorite objective of amateur climbers. But the mountain has claimed the lives of at least 66 climbers since it was first conquered in 1870. Lou Whittaker, one of the organizers of last week's ill-fated expedition, is a veteran climber whose twin brother Jim was the first American to conquer Mount Everest...
...Mount Hood, roughly 100 miles south of Mount Rainier. The victims were on an outing sponsored by the Portland-based Mazamas Club, a mountaineering group founded in 1894 and specializing in assaults on Mount Hood's 11,235-ft. peak. At the 10,500-ft. level on the dormant volcano's northeast face, one or more of the 17-member party slipped. The climbers, roped together in groups for safety, tumbled 2,000 ft. down the slope...
...University's patents (on Ptashne's work) to the new firm. In exchange, it would become a minority shareholder in the company and would receive royalities on at least some of the patents without investing any money. Aside from promoting the development of patents that might have lain dormant, Harvard stood to win big, putting only its reputation on the line...
...lost by large margins The so-called reconciliation process, however, allows the budget committees, with the agreement of a majority of both houses, to commit individual appropriation committees to fixed ceilings in a spending package. This method has existed since the Budget Act of 1974, but it remained essentially dormant until recently. Under this procedure, the benefits to the average taxpayer of huge budget cuts are clear, and the cost to any special interest is diluted. A vote against cash benefits for one's constituents can far more easily be defended as a regrettable part of a much broader...