Word: guru
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...Behind the Counter was the guru we had come to see. As he served up grilled bagels and coffees, he managed to carry on a conversation with everyone in the place. Between baskets of fries, he told us his story...
...rock star. It wasn't an easy job, he said; just last night he'd thrown out a drunk who pulled a knife and lunged for his throat. Thank goodness for the regulars. Not one of them thought twice about dropping their coffee lifeline and jumping to the guru's defense...
...CANDIDATES, of course, are packaged by themselves and their handlers. The same was true in George Washington's day. But this is especially true for Biden. Before the 1984 campaign, Democratic campaign guru Pat Caddell wrote out a scenario for how "Candidate Smith" could win the Democratic nomination and hopefully go on to victory in November. Candidate Smith was supposed to be Senator Biden...
...high atrium, 7-ft.-long computer- controlled blimps may be flying overhead -- part of a project to develop stimulating science activities for elementary and high schools. In another area visitors encounter computers that can read lips. After spending three months at M.I.T. last year, Stewart Brand, the counterculture guru who originated the Whole Earth Catalog, was impressed enough to write a flattering book titled The Media Lab, which will be published next month by Viking Press...
...delightful and painful to see your coverage of the Tibetan Guru Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, whose body was cremated in Vermont ((AMERICAN SCENE, June 22)). The story was delightful because, laced as it was with cynicism, it was the kind of article Rinpoche would have enjoyed and appreciated. On the other hand, the coverage was painful because so many of us who are his followers apparently came off as self-absorbed and condescending. We know that we are not free of such attitudes, but they certainly...