Word: gated
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...faith-an offshoot of Shi'ism, which is itself a minority branch of Islam-asserts that two prophets came after Muhammad. To Muslims this constitutes a new, perverted faith. The first prophet was Mirza 'Ali Muhammad, who declared in 1844 that he was the Bab (gate), the pathway to God. He was executed in 1850 as a heretic. When Persian authorities tried to wipe out his disciples, the Babis fought back; as many as 20,000 were slain...
...instead, the President seems bent on allowing this act of fate to drag relations with the Soviets not forward, but back to the starting gate. And fate promises to relieve the Administration of the necessity of proving conciliatory in the election year to come, to muffle the bad press resulting from having presided over the worst level of Soviet-American relations in recent history Circumstance has offered the Administration a convenient way out which they seem inclined to follow, even at the risk of losing a rare chance to open a better route...
EVERY DAY during reading period. I trudged through Dexter Gate on my way into the Yard and to Lamont. One morning I glanced up at the inscription--"Enter to Grow in Wisdom"--and laughed at the irony as I crammed for my finals. Late that night when I left the library I tried to get out to Mass. Ave. by the same gate but it was locked shut "Depart to Serve Better Thy Country and Thy Kind" was the statement above the padlock, and that too struck me as an appropriate coincidence...
...various boot camps from Hawaii to New Zealand, karate and pro football have been mixed into the exercises (Green Bay Packer Del Rodgers was a drill instructor). With the exception of three-time Olympian Cindy Nelson, a bronze-medal winner in 1976, they are extraordinarily fit. Nelson crashed a gate at Val d'Isere, France, last month and tore the ligaments in a knee. She returned to the U.S. immediately and has been working furiously to recover...
...have to be healthy and lucky," says Phil Mahre, who is near the end. "This is my last year. I'll still be connected with skiing, but I'd like to venture out and try something else." He expects to miss the excitement at the starting gate, the camaraderie hi the finish area and "even getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning." McKinney says, "It can't come together and it can't be good unless you're having a good time of it. I have to take a step back, breathe...