Word: magical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flapper's dress. That night, like a magnanimous feudal lord, Khashoggi, in a gray-and-black satin tuxedo, greeted his guests with kisses on both cheeks. Servants trooped into the ballroom carrying great silver salvers of lobster thermidor and pheasant with apples. For the children, there was a magic show featuring live doves, as well as hand-painted Cinderella-like carriages for them to ride around...
...crystal, citrine, tourmaline and amethyst have paranormal healing and restorative powers. The crystal craze is part of a loosely linked spiritualism gaining ground on both coasts. Called "New Age" thinking, it is an esoteric blend of computer-age jargon and ancient religious practice, which often invested stones with powerful magic. Some other curious elements of the New Age faith include reincarnation, channeling (communing with souls in their afterlife) and psychic predictions. For not-so-New Agers, these prayer rocks are a way to update their Pet Rocks. To the skeptical, the burgeoning fad may give new meaning to the word...
...MATTERHORN IS the best ride in Disneyland. That's what I thought when I discovered the phantasmal bobsled journey through the mountain of rock and ice, on my first visit to the Magic Kingdom. My first trip to California at age 12 was a lot like my favorite ride--a blur of all things wondrous and exciting. After I left the Golden State, I vowed to move there as soon as I grew up. For the seven years since then, the state always conjured up visions of sun and surf, stucco and success...
...deficit, they argue, it could throw the sluggish economy into a recession. Says C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Washington- based Institute for International Economics: "I don't think anybody believes that it is either possible or desirable to meet the Gramm-Rudman target." Admits Chiles: "There is nothing magic about $108 billion. But I think you have a problem if you abandon it without something better in its place." House Budget Chief Gray and incoming Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd have also suggested that Gramm-Rudman may have to be revamped. But the White House would probably object. Says...
...swiftly approached Salvador Laurel, who was planning to lead his own ticket against Marcos, with a deal. She would give up her affiliation with her brother's party, Lakas Ng Bayan (LABAN), or People Power, if he would give up his candidacy and be her running mate. Her magic, his machine. After days of bartering, the makeshift pair finally filed their candidacy papers only 90 minutes before the midnight deadline...