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...spiritual mentor, Srila Prabhupada of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and Hindu sentiments and sounds permeate the record, further spurring sitar sales and causing many listeners to investigate Eastern religions. In the early aftermath of the Beatles demise, Harrison, the revelation, rivaled Lennon or McCartney as a pop icon, and Shankar realized his friend might be the perfect front man for a good cause. In August 1971, Harrison and friends Dylan, Starr, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton staged two concerts at New York City's Madison Square Garden to raise money for the flood-and famine-ravaged Indian subcontinent...
...special forces in Afghanistan scared? Sure they are. But as that icon of World War II, General George S. Patton, once said, "Courage is fear holding on a minute longer." JOHN WELLINGTON Santa...
...spiritual mentor, Srila Prabhupada of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and Hindu sentiments and sounds permeate the record, further spurring sitar sales and causing many listeners to investigate Eastern religions. In the early aftermath of the Beatles demise, Harrison, the revelation, rivaled Lennon or McCartney as a pop icon, and Shankar realized his friend might be the perfect front man for a good cause. In August 1971, Harrison and friends Dylan, Starr, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton staged two concerts at New York City's Madison Square Garden to raise money for the flood- and famine-ravaged Indian subcontinent...
...crux of the issue is whether the Christmas tree is a religious object. For many people, the Christmas tree is simply a cultural icon, associated with that certain time of year. But others maintain that the tree is a distinctly religious symbol and as such should be confined to the private domain. On this matter, we maintain that the Christmas tree has, over time, become a predominantly secular symbol...
...malls are decorated red and green. Even at school, posters abound advertising Christmas a capella jams and holiday dances. But I have always been able to walk past the Christmas tree in Nordstrom’s and go home. Now when I go home, though, a dominating Christian holiday icon stares at me while I eat. Harvard might as well have put up a tree in my room...