Word: hooded
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...Soviet Union. In the words of one organizer, "That is because we can't influence the Soviet Union, but we can influence decisions here." In the long run, the movement probably will have an impact. A decade ago, nuclear strategy could be carried out by a small priest hood of strategic theologians who made their decisions in blissful solitude. No longer. As last weekend's demonstrations showed, the peace movement may be overly emotional and at times ill-informed, but it has given many West Europeans the notion that they have a right to shape those decisions...
...rise of magma is often accompanied by swarms of small local earthquakes. Such tremors, which enable scientists to estimate how close to the surface the magma may be, have been felt at Mount Hood in neighboring Oregon and at Mount Shasta in Northern California as well as Mount St. Helens. In addition, the USGS study notes that since 1982 earthquakes have shaken California's Coso Range, a volcanic region west of Death Valley; Yellowstone National Park, which is famed for its hot springs and geysers, notably Old Faithful; and Mammoth Lakes, a popular California ski resort near the Nevada...
...Weiss, referring to another neighbor hood shop, added. "If a store can sell 47 different kinds of popcorn, we can do this...
...dogma drove the spike into the flesh of the country, even the revered ancients of the revolution were pushed to death. Li Ta, one of the original founding fathers of the Communist Party of China in 1921, was "struggled" against until he committed suicide. He Long, a Robin Hood peasant bandit who became a marshal of the Red Army and helped conquer south-central China for the revolution, had been a hero. He Long suffered from diabetes, but the hospital denied him water, then injected him with glucose instead of insulin. So he died...
...might have added, can you set off firecrackers. A few weeks ago, Bierle, 26, and his buddy, Dave Price, 27, went to see Yellowbeard and Still Smokin'. They set off a string of ladyfingers while their neighbors in the next car were shooting off skyrockets. "Our hood was covered with ash," says Price, already nostalgic. "It was great." The movies? Who remembers...