Word: dos
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...least one tape has appeared first as a training video and then as a book. Released in hard-cover by Random House in September, Going International deals with problems faced by American business executives living abroad. Chock-full of dos and don'ts on getting along in an alien culture, the tape has been bought by 75 of the top 100 U.S. multinationals. Says Author Lewis Griggs: "No matter what you do overseas, whether it's CIA, Exxon or a missionary, you can do it better if you understand the local culture...
...elitist. "I was viewed as the populist," says Suarez, who happens to be a Harvard-educated lawyer. He scored heavily among Cuban and other Hispanic voters and also took a majority of Anglo ballots. Shouted a supporter at his inauguration: "ĦUn alcalde para to-dos!"--A mayor for everybody. CULTS "I Never Want to Return...
...great for government, but in this case I was a little worried about the tyranny of the majority. My peers generally know as little about beer as I do about cosmopolitans, so I was afraid that these House votes would only widen the selection available in Loker to Dos Equis and, gasp, Red Hook. Lo and behold, not even these modest heights were reached. The most interesting beer to come out of the House votes was Magic Hat #9, and nothing from Sierra Nevada even made the cut. Cabot House should be wiped off the beer-map for picking Busch...
...DIED. SISTER LUCIA DE JESUS DOS SANTOS, 97, the last of three shepherd children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary in apparitions near the Portugese village of Fatima, since then a pilgrimage site for millions; at her convent in Coimbra, Portugal. In 1917, at age 10, she and two cousins said the Virgin offered revelations to them on the 13th of every month for five months. Though the children were jailed in efforts to get them to retract, church officials, after an exhaustive investigation, lent legitimacy to the visions in 1930 by calling them "worthy of belief...
...Peace of Prayer Your story on the new science of sleep [Jan. 24] left no room for God. You mentioned lots of dos and don'ts for getting a good night's sleep, but you never mentioned prayer. All cultures and religions recognize the powers of prayer and faith, especially in crisis situations. Prayer before bedtime can take away all fears of earthquakes, tsunamis and other dangers. Eric Nwabueze Anene Aguata, Nigeria...