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...decided "to terminate" their marriage, as the brief statement put it, "with regret yet with respect and consideration for each other." No mention was made of where or when divorce papers would be riled or who would have legal custody of Patrick, 13, who lives with his father (Kara, 20. and Edward Jr., 19. are legally adults). Such matters, said the statement, "we intend to resolve as friends...
...Kara A. Spelt, the spokesman for Local 8751, said that ARA yesterday improperly fired one bus driver and gave stand-by runs--normally assigned to union drivers--to drivers who had substituted during the strike. Nevertheless, the drivers will not strike again, she added...
...hired non-union substitute drivers and union drivers to drive the students to school. Kara Speltz, a union spokesman, questioned the capabilities of people who "are willing to drive unsafe buses...
...cluster of virtual colonies in Eastern Europe to the Bering Strait off the top of Alaska, across two continents and eleven time zones; more than 3,000 miles? roughly the distance from New York to San Francisco?separate the ice fields of the Arctic Ocean from the sun-parched Kara Kum Desert. The 262.4 million citizens of the U.S.S.R. belong to more than 100 ethnic groups and claim descent from Varangians, Turks, Mongols and countless Eurasian tribes. Their government preaches to them, in Russian, about the supreme wisdom of a 19th century German atheist. They, however, speak in more than...
...consciousness" to the faith. In addition to mediating regularly, Sikhs abstain from tobacco, alcohol, meat, and sex out of marriage. Each wears a kesh, a turban around unshorn hair, as a "crown of spirituality;" a kathera, or special cotton underwear, to "remind" him of his chastity; and a kara, or bangle, to signify commitment to truth and freedom from life's "entanglements." Each Sikh also cariesa kauga, or comb, to symbolize cleanliness, and a small sword called a kirpan to defend neighbors and the family. "We dress alike to stand out and to reaffirm our brotherhood," says Guru Datta Singh...