Word: hops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mrdrunga pattering becomes a solid roar. Alongside the altar a devotee waves a large white-haired brush. The kartals crash as devotees bound to and fro, somehow avoiding a collision. They hop and leap, pony tails bobbing, mouths agape, chanting, "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare..." The energy ripples through the congregation. A man violently rocks from his waist up, glazed eyes bobbing above a limber neck. A swaying woman, dressed in a sarong, catches a red carnation. She closes her eyes, smells the flower, grins and flings it to someone else. A woman devotee bounces with...
...Garuda says that with the stringent requirements one must adhere to in order to become an initiated devotee, a quick hop in and out of ISKCON is impossible. Garuda believes his rejection by the United Ministries is a "possible case of religious prejudice." He believes many people do not accept ISKCON because they identify it as being similar to new religions like Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church and the New Light Movement...
...absence of any more spectacular feats, several brave attempts at outside shots by Tom Mannix added some excitement to the game, though he couldn't quite make the ball hop through the hoop...
...welcome the Egyptian leader to Andrews Air Force Base late Friday afternoon. Sadat, accompanied by his elegant wife, Jihan, his 21-year-old son, Gamal, and two of his six daughters, Noha, 20, and Jihan, 17, saluted the American Secretary, then ducked into an Air Force helicopter for the hop to the South Lawn of the White House. There Jimmy Carter rushed to embrace him. In a brief statement, Sadat quickly disclosed his main concern, warning firmly against any "rigidity" or "fanaticism" that might interrupt "the holy march on the road to peace." He urged that the U.S. become...
...spent the whole summer training and playing English squash (soft ball, larger court) with the Canadian national team, and my game just seemed to have taken a hop," Desaulniers commented...